Canadian Acute Respiratory Illness and Flu Scale (CARIFS: Development of a valid measure for childhood respiratory infections

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 793-799

  Jacobs, Benjamin ^a   Young, Nancy L ^a   Dick, Paul T ^a   Ipp, Moshe M ^a   Dutkowski, Regina ^b   Davies, H Dele ^c   Langley, Joanne M ^d   Greenberg, Saul ^a   Stephens, Derek ^a   Wang, Elaine E L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Hoffmann La Roche ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Outpatients; Pediatrics; Questionnaires; Severity of illness index, Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033866343     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00238-3     Document Type: Article

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