Consistency of GINA criteria and childhood asthma control test on the determination of asthma control

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-39

  Erkoçoǧlu, Mustafa ^a   Akan, Ayşegül ^a   Civelek, Ersoy ^a   Kan, Rojdan ^a   Azkur, Dilek ^a   Kocabaş, Can N ^a  

^a Ankara Children's Hematology Oncology Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Consistency; Control test; Global initiative for asthma guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ASTHMA GUIDELINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856383201     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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