Agreement between teenager and caregiver responses to questions about teenager's asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-124

  Joseph, Christine L M ^a   Havstad, Suzanne ^a   Johnson, Christine C ^b   Vinuya, Rick ^c   Ownby, Dennis R ^d  

^a Biostatist and Res Epidemiology   (United States)

^b Josephine Ford Cancer Center   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Kappa statistic; Teenagers; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERCEPTION; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745094349     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900500498246     Document Type: Article

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