Difference in prevalence of asthma, rhinitis, and eczema between parental and self-completed questionnaires in adolescents

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 482-487

  Mallol, Javier ^a,b   Castro Rodríguez, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Epidemiology; ISAAC; Prevalence; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COUGHING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RHINITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PARENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 33646379830     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20398     Document Type: Article

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