Diagnosing asthma: The fit between survey and administrative database

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 407-412

  Huzel, Lisa ^a   Roos, Leslie L ^a,b   Anthonisen, Nicholas R ^a   Manfreda, Jure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administration; Asthma; Data linkage; Database; Survey; Validation data linkage

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 12244313487     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/921497     Document Type: Article

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