Allergy management in primary care across European countries - Actual status

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 836-843

  Agache, I ^a   Ryan, D ^b,c   Rodriguez, M R ^d   Yusuf, O ^e,f   Angier, E ^g   Jutel, M ^h  

^a TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^b Woodbrook Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d IB Salut Balearic Health Service   (Spain)

^e International Primary Care Respiratory Group   (United Kingdom)

^f Allergy and Asthma Institute   (Pakistan)

^g NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

allergic diseases; allergy tests; level of care; primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; THEOPHYLLINE DERIVATIVE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CONSULTATION; CYPRUS; DENMARK; FOOD ALLERGY; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; ICELAND; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IRELAND; ITALY; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PORTUGAL; PRICK TEST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLOVAKIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; USSR;

ALLERGIC DISEASES; ALLERGY TESTS; LEVEL OF CARE; PRIMARY CARE;

ALLERGENS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84880289275     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12150     Document Type: Article

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