Parental reporting of childrens' coughing is biased

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 541-545

  Dales, R E ^a,e   White, J ^b   Bhumgara, C ^c   McMullen, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Health Canada   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cough; Epidemiology; Questionnaire; Reporting bias; Respiratory disease; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUGHING; PARENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHILD; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 0030738836     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007311912777     Document Type: Article

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