Measuring asthma severity: Instrument refinement

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 533-538

  Horner, Sharon D ^a   Kieckhefer, Gail M ^b   Fouladi, Rachel T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma severity; Childhood asthma; Chronic asthma; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF CHRONIC ASTHMA SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABSENTEEISM; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; TEXAS;

EID: 33750007334     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900600857192     Document Type: Article

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