Comparison between two common methods for reporting cold and diarrhoea symptoms of children in daycare centre research

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 471-487

  Carabin, H ^a,b,e   Gyorkos, T W ^a,b   Soto, J C ^c,f   Joseph, L ^a,b   Collet, J P ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Regie Regionale S Serv Social L   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Montreal Centre Region   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agreement; Children; Reporting methods; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034328024     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2000.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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