Problems of measuring asthma prevalence

Respirology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-188

  Kemp, Trudi ^a   Pearce, Neil ^a   Crane, Julian ^a   Beasley, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial hyperreactivity; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASTHMA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030223098     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.1996.tb00030.x     Document Type: Article

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