An increasing trend of the delay in asthma diagnosis after the discontinuation of a population-based intervention

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-418

  Majak, Pawel ^a   Ba̧k Walczak, Ewa ^a   Stelmach, Iwona ^a   Jerzyñska, Joanna ^a   Krakowiak, Jan ^a   Stelmach, Włodzimierz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

asthma diagnosis; asthma prevention program; children; delay

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955066222     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.565851     Document Type: Article

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