Agreement of a child's respiratory symptom diary with parental reports and peak expiratory flow

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-406

  Hov, Johannes Roksund ^a,f   Clench Aas, J ^b   Bartonova, A ^c   Stavem, K ^a,d,e  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Helse st Health Services Research Centre   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Epidemiological methods; Respiratory questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOM;

CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 62349085186     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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