The international school nurse asthma project: Barriers related to asthma management in schools

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1161-1171

  Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun ^a,d   Garwick, Ann W ^b   Anderson, Lori S ^c   Looman, Wendy S ^b   Seppelt, Ann ^b   Orlygsdottir, Brynja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Asthma management by school nurses; Barriers to care in school nursing; School nurse roles

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MINNESOTA; SCHOOL NURSING;

EID: 84875594294     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06107.x     Document Type: Article

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