Validation of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the European community respiratory health survey in asthma patients

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 371-375

  Ribeiro, Marcos ^a   Angelini, Luciene ^a   Robles Ribeiro, Priscila Games ^a   Stelmach, Rafael ^a   Santos, Ubiratan De Paula ^a   Terra Filho, Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Doencas Aparelho Respiratorio   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cross culture validity; European Community Respiratory Health Survey questionnaire; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYSPNEA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RHINITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34347370840     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701364015     Document Type: Article

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