Specialist nurse intervention to reduce unscheduled asthma care in a deprived multiethnic area: The east London randomised controlled trial for high risk asthma (ELECTRA)

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7432, 2004, Pages 144-147

  Griffiths, Chris ^a   Foster, Gill ^a   Barnes, Neil ^b   Eldridge, Sandra ^a   Tate, Helen ^a   Begum, Shamoly ^a   Wiggins, Mo ^b   Dawson, Carolyn ^b   Livingstone, Anna Eleri ^c   Chambers, Mike ^d   Coats, Tim ^e   Harris, Roger ^e   Feder, Gene S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Gill Street Health Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Amersham Health   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE;

EID: 9144254484     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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