Validation of a rhinitis symptom questionnaire (ISAAC core questions) in a population of Swiss school children visiting the school health services

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-82

  Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a,g   Wüthrich, Brunello ^b   Gassner, Markus ^c   Grize, Leticia ^a   Sennhauser, Felix H ^d   Varonier, Hubert S ^e   Vuille, Jean Claude ^f  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Public Instruction   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

^f Universität Basel ^*  (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atopy; Children; Hay lever; Questionnaire; Rhinitis symptoms; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0030782355     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1997.tb00147.x     Document Type: Article

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