Toward a simplified measure of asthma severity for applied research

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-303

  Wahlgren, Dennis R ^a,b   Hovell, Melbourne F ^a   Matt, Georg E ^a   Meltzer, Susan B ^a   Zakarian, Joy M ^a   Meltzer, Eli O ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ALLERGY AND ASTHMA MEDICAL GROUP AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Community research; Pediatrics; Reliability; Severity scales; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030878370     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909709067219     Document Type: Article

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