A new diagnostic score for occupational asthma the area between the curves (ABC score) of peak expiratory flow on days at and away from work

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-314

  Moore, Vicky C ^a,b,c,d   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^a,b,c,d   Burge, Cedd B S G ^a,b,c,d   Robertson, Alastair S ^a,b,c,d   Pantin, Charles F A ^e   Vellore, Arun Dev ^a,b,c,d   Burge, P Sherwood ^a,b,c,d  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer based analysis; Oasys; Occupational asthma; Peak expiratory flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; ROC CURVE; WAKEFULNESS; WORKING TIME;

EID: 60249096356     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0778     Document Type: Article

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