Validation of a multistage asthma case-detection procedure for elementary school children

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Gerald, Lynn B ^a,b   Grad, Roni ^a   Turner Henson, Anne ^c   Hains, Coralie ^a   Tang, Shenghui ^b   Feinstein, Ronald ^a,d   Wille, Keith ^b   Erwin, Sue ^a,b   Bailey, William C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Case detection; Children

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ASTHMA; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 16644365374     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0455     Document Type: Article

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