Validity of parental-reported questionnaire data on Danish children's use of asthma-drugs: A comparison with a population-based prescription database

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-22

  Wogelius, Pia ^a,b,c   Poulsen, Sven ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma drug use; Children; Parental reporting; Predictive values; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENMARK; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DENMARK; HUMANS; PARENTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13444282144     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-1501-6     Document Type: Article

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