Assessment of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ): Serbian translation

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-194

  Spirić, Vesna Tomić ^a,e   Bogić, Mirjana ^a   Janković, Slavenka ^b   Maksimović, Nataša ^b   Miljanović, Sanja Matović ^c   Popadić, Aleksandra Perić ^a   Rašković, Sanvila ^a   Milić, Nataša ^d  

^a University Center of Serbia   (Serbia)

^b Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Public Health of Serbia   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Health status; Hypersensitivity, immediate; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Serbia and Montenegro; Translating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 2642525096     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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