Difference in asthma control Test™ (ACT) scores in three different clinical practice settings

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 783-789

  Prabhakaran, Lathy ^a   Arul, Earnest ^a   Abisheganaden, John ^a   Chee, Jane ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Overestimate; Useful

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 78649286910     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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