Evaluation of asthma control using Global Initiative for Asthma criteria and the Asthma Control Test in Uganda

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 371-376

  Serugendo, A N ^a   Kirenga, B J ^a   Hawkes, M ^b   Nakiyingi, L ^a   Worodria, W ^a   Okot Nwang, M ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma control; Asthma Control Test; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894242555     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0699     Document Type: Article

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