Comparison of parent and student responses to asthma surveys: Students grades 1-4 and their parents from an urban public school setting

Journal of School Health

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 236-240

  Wittich, Angelina R ^a   Gerald, Lynn B ^a   Li, Yufang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33747492731     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2006.0104_1.x     Document Type: Review

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