Validity of asthma control test for asthma control assessment in chinese primary care settings

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 904-910

  Zhou, Xin ^a   Ding, Feng Ming ^a   Lin, Jiang Tao ^b   Yin, Kai Sheng ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sino Japan Friendship Hospital   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Primary care settings; Questionnaires; Screening; Validity of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDITY; CHINA; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHINA; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 64749107733     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0967     Document Type: Article

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