Predictive value of a cross-cultural asthma case-detection tool in an elementary school population

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Galant, Stanley P ^a,f   Crawford, Linda J R ^b   Morphew, Tricia ^c   Jones, Craig A ^d   Bassin, Stanley ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Orange County School Nurses Organization   (United States)

^c Southern California Chapter of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America   (United States)

^d LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cross cultural; Detection tool; Elementary school; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; THORAX; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; ETHNOLOGY; POVERTY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VIET NAM;

ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 16544367666     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2003-0575-F     Document Type: Article

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