Item responsiveness of a rhinitis and asthma symptom score during a pollen season

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 459-465

  Wasserfallen, Jean Blaise ^a,c   Gold, Karen ^b   Schulman, Kevin A ^a   Baraniuk, James N ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Responsiveness; Rhinoconjunctivitis; Symptom; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0032819009     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909909087288     Document Type: Article

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