Validation of the English version of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire in a multi-ethnic Asian population

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 551-556

  Tan, Wan C ^a,b   Tan, Justina W L ^b   Wee, Eric W L ^b   Niti, Matthew ^a   Ng, Tze P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire; Multi ethnic populations; Psychometric validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; ASTHMA QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 1642400072     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000018495.36759.46     Document Type: Article

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