Epidemiological measures of childhood asthma: Cross-sectional and longitudinal consistency

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1226-1235

  Canova, Cristina ^a   Harris, Jessica M ^a,b   Mills, Pamela ^a   White, Carol ^a   Moffat, Susan ^a   Shread, Lesley ^a   Cullinan, Paul ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agreement; Childhood asthma; Cohort study; Latent class analysis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL CONSISTENCY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL OPINION; PARENTAL REPORT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 84864591153     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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