Asthma control and management in 8,000 European patients: The REcognise Asthma and LInk to Symptoms and Experience (REALISE) survey

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Price, David ^a   Fletcher, Monica ^b   Van Der Molen, Thys ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b EDUCATION FOR HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904402861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.9     Document Type: Article

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