Development and validation of a health-related quality-of-life questionnaire in patients with yellow jacket allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 162-170

  Elberink, Joanne N G Oude ^a   De Monchy, Jan G R ^b   Golden, David B K ^c   Brouwer, Jan Leendert P ^a   Guyatt, Gordon H ^a   Dubois, Anthony E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera allergy; Insect allergy; Quality of life; Venom immunotherapy; Yellow jacket allergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT STING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036152477     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.120552     Document Type: Article

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