Predictors of asthma control: What can we modify?

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-268

  Schatz, Michael ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma control; asthma exacerbations; asthma impairment; asthma risk; predictors; validated asthma control tools

Indexed keywords

AGING; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84860731406     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32835335ac     Document Type: Review

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