Internet and written respiratory questionnaires yield equivalent results for adolescents

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-361

  Raat, H ^a   Mangunkusumo, R T ^a   Mohangoo, A D ^a   Juniper, E F ^b   Van Der Lei, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Allergy; Asthma; International study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire; Internet questionnaire; Validity; Written questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES IN CHILDHOOD; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OFFICE VISITS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 33947547318     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20576     Document Type: Article

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