Adherence to treatment in severe asthma predicting factors in a program for asthma control in Brazil

World Allergy Organization Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 48-52

  Souza Machado, Adelmir ^a   Santos, Pablo Moura ^a   Cruz, Álvaro A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adherence; Asthma; Predictors; Severe; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; FENOTEROL; FORMOTEROL;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLURRED VISION; BRAZIL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARTBURN; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIDE EFFECT; SPIROMETRY; STOMACH PH; TACHYCARDIA; THROAT IRRITATION; THRUSH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 77954914705     PISSN: 19394551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WOX.0b013e3181d25e8e     Document Type: Article

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