Accuracy of parental and child's report of changes in symptoms of childhood asthma

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1220-1225

  Zhang, Linjie ^a,b   Avila, Laila ^a   Leyraud, Luciana ^a   Grassi, Sinar ^a   Raquel, T ^a   Bonfanti, Thiago ^a   Ferruzzi, Emerson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Cohort study; Peak expiratory flow; Symptom diary

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTHERS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 32644452566     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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