High validity of mother-reported use of antiasthmatics among children: A comparison with a population-based prescription database

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 878-884

  Furu, Kari ^a,b   Karlstad, Øystein ^a   Skurtveit, Svetlana ^a   Hberg, Siri E ^a   Nafstad, Per ^a,c   London, Stephanie J ^d   Nystad, Wenche ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Mother reported; Pharmacoepidemiology; Prescription database; Validity

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PLUS SALMETEROL; FORMOTEROL; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; TERBUTALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DATA BASE; DRUG DISPENSING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL REPORT; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NORWAY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 79959717763     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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