An internet intervention to improve asthma management: Rationale and protocol of a randomized controlled trial

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Arguel, Amaël ^a   Lau, Annie Y S ^a   Dennis, Sarah ^b   Liaw, Siaw Teng ^b,c   Coiera, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Fairfield Hospital Prairiewood   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma action plan; Asthma management; EHealth; Internet intervention; Personalized health record; Personally controlled health management system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099696284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2695     Document Type: Article

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