Assessment of the diagnosis and prevalence of asthmain Australian Indigenous children

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 629-635

  Valery, Patricia C ^a   Purdie, David M ^a   Chang, Anne B ^a   Masters, Ian B ^b   Green, Adèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Indigenous; ISAAC questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0043062731     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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