Asthma-like symptoms assessment through ECRHS screening questionnaire scoring

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 238-247

  Grassi, Mario ^a   Rezzani, Cristiana ^a   Biino, Ginevra ^a   Marinoni, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; ECRHS; Score; Screening questionnaire; Unidimensionality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037366723     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00613-3     Document Type: Article

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