The impact of childhood asthma on parental quality of life

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 645-653

  Halterman, Jill S ^a   Yoos, H Lorrie ^a   Conn, Kelly M ^a   Callahan, Patrick M ^a   Montes, Guillermo ^b   Neely, Tia L ^a   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Children's Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Inner city; Quality of life; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; PEDIATRIC ASTHMA CAREGIVER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9244229015     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-200026410     Document Type: Article

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