Asthma exacerbations in children immediately following stressful life events: A Cox's hierarchical regression

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1046-1051

  Sandberg, S ^a,b   Jarvenpaa S ^c   Penltinen, A ^c   Paton, J Y ^d   McCann, D C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 9644260543     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.024604     Document Type: Article

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