Quality of asthma management in an urban community in Delhi, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-192

  Kotwani, Anita ^a   Chhabra, S K ^a   Tayal, Vandana ^b   Vijayan, V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma knowledge; Asthma management; India; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INHALER; INTERVIEW; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIROMETRY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84859068394     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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