Is the childhood asthma questionnaire a good measure of health-related quality of life of asthmatic children in Asia? Validation among paediatric patients with asthma in Singapore

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 609-621

  Chong, Lee Yee ^a   Chay, Oh Moh ^b   Shu Chuen, Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33745080621     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11707690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200624060-00007     Document Type: Review

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