Portuguese-language version of the asthma control test: Validation for use in Brazil;Validação do teste de controle da asma em Português para uso no Brasil

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-166

  Roxo, Jaqueline Petroni Faria ^a   Ponte, Eduardo Vieira ^b   Ramos, Daniela Campos Borges ^b   Pimentel, Luciana ^b   D'Oliveira Júnior, Argemiro ^b   Cruz, Álvaro Augusto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Questionnaires; Signs and symptoms; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953666734     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132010000200002     Document Type: Article

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