Comparing discriminative validity between a disease-specific and a general health scale in patients with moderate asthma

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-274

  Mancuso, Carol A ^a   Peterson, Margaret G E ^a   Charlson, Mary E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cross sectional validity; Discriminative validity; Disease specific scale; Global assessment; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELATIVE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035133279     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00307-3     Document Type: Article

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