Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Clinical Assessment of Asthma in the Adult

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-23

  Killeen, Kathryn ^a   Skora, Elizabeth ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Assessment; Asthma; Diagnosis; Pathophysiology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INHALATION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OBESITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875278932     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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