A reliable and valid home visit report for studies of asthma in young adults

Indoor Air

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 188-192

  Dharmage, Shyamali ^a   Bailey, Michael ^a   Raven, Joan ^a   Mitakakiss, Teresa ^b   Guest, David ^b   Cheng, Anna ^a   Rolland, Jennifer ^a   Thien, Francis ^a   Abramson, Michael ^a   Walters, Eugene Haydn ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Indoor; Questionnaire; Reliability; Residential characteristics; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALLERGENS; DISEASES; HOUSING;

ASTHMA; BIO MARKERS; BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; INDOOR; MEASUREMENTS OF; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; RESIDENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; VALIDITY; YOUNG ADULTS;

RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FUNGUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; CATS; DOGS; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033192933     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.1999.t01-1-00005.x     Document Type: Article

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