Prevalence estimates of asthma or COPD from a health interview survey and from general practitioner registration: What's the difference?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-105

  Mohangoo, Ashna D ^a,b   Van Der Linden, Michiel W ^b   Schellevis, François G ^b   Raat, Hein ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; General practice registration; Health interview survey; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTRATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 32244446804     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki043     Document Type: Article

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