Predicting the risk of an asthma attack: The way ahead?

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 368-370

  Griffiths, Chris ^a   Clark, Noreen ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 85027944725     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2012.00101     Document Type: Editorial

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