Validation of questions on asthma and wheeze in farming and anthroposophic children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1033-1039

  Üblagger, Ellen ^a   Schreuer, M ^a   Eder, W ^a   Von Mutius, E ^b   Benz, M R ^b   Braun Fahrlander C ^c   Moeller, A ^d   Brunekreef, B ^e   Schram, D ^e   Wickman, M ^f   Swartz, J ^f   Pershagen, G ^f   Riedler, J ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial hyper responsiveness; Farming and anthroposophic children; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOSOPHY; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RURAL HEALTH; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27744465567     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02308.x     Document Type: Article

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