Insights, attitudes, and perceptions about asthma and its treatment: A multinational survey of patients from Europe and Canada

World Allergy Organization Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sastre, Joaquin ^a   Fabbri, Leonardo M ^b   Price, David ^c   Wahn, Hans Ulrich ^d   Bousquet, Jean ^e   Fish, James E ^f   Murphy, Kevin ^g   Sears, Malcolm R ^h  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^f MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g Boystown National Research Hospital   (United States)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Canada; Controller medications; Europe; Management; Survey; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; GERMANY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85007591432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19394551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40413-016-0105-4     Document Type: Article

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