Development and validation of school-based asthma and allergy screening questionnaires in a 4-city study

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-48

  Redline, Susan ^a   Gruchalla, Rebecca S ^b   Wolf, Raoul L ^c   Yawn, Barbara P ^d   Cartar, Lydia ^a   Gan, Vanthaya ^e   Nelson, Patricia ^a   Wollan, Peter ^d   Kiva, Marmie ^f  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Asthma and Immunology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CITY; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STUDENT; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHILD; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3843059137     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61445-7     Document Type: Article

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