Comparison of responses to an asthma symptom questionnaire (ISAAC core questions) completed by adolescents and their parents

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-166

  Braun Fahrlander Ch ^a,h   Gassner, M ^b   Grize, L ^a   Minder, Ch E ^c   Varonier, H S ^d   Vuille, J C ^e   Wuthrich B ^f   Sennhauser, F H ^g   Neu, U ^e   Kuenzle Th ^e   Peeters, A ^e  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b School Health Service   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

^e Department of Public Health ^*

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asthma symptoms; Children; Epidemiology; ISAAC; Prevalence; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; COUGH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 2642668838     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199803)25:3<159::AID-PPUL5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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