Performance of the ISAAC questionnaire to establish the prevalence of asthma in adolescents: A population-based study

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-169

  Lukrafka, Janice L ^a   Fuchs, Sandra C ^b,d,f   Moreira, Leila B ^c,f   Picon, Rafael V ^d   Fischer, Gilberto B ^e   Fuchs, Flavio D ^d,f  

^a School of Physiotherapy   (Brazil)

^b School of Medicine   (Netherlands Antilles)

^c Department of Pharmacology   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e Fundaao Faculdade Federal de Ciencias Medicas de Porto Alegre e Centro de Neuroendocrinologia   (Brazil)

^f HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnosis; ISAAC Questionnaire; Positive posttest probability; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES IN CHILDHOOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY; WHEEZING; YOUDEN INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 77249111256     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770900903483766     Document Type: Article

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