Evaluation of quality of life in children and teenagers with allergic rhinitis: Adaptation and validation of the rhinoconjunctivitis quality of life questionnaire (RQLQ)

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 111-118

  Silva, M G Nascimento ^a   Naspitz, C K ^a   Sole D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Allergic rhinitis; Atopy; Quality of life; Written questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; LORATADINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; BECLOMETHASONE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LANGUAGE; LORATADINE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035409071     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0546(01)79042-8     Document Type: Article

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