Validation and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Pediatric Rhinitis Quality of Life Questionnaire

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-366

  Yüksel, Hasan ^a   Yilmaz, Özge ^a   Söǧüt, Ayhan ^a   Eser, Erhan ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis; Children; Health related quality of life; Pediatric rhinitis quality of life questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC RHINITIS QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY;

EID: 70649109992     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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