Reliability in reporting asthma history and age at asthma onset

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 956-963

  Mirabelli, Maria C ^a   Beavers, Suzanne F ^a   Flanders, W Dana ^b   Chatterjee, Arjun B ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Questionnaire methodology; Reliability; Repeatability; Survey methods; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETRY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84907593449     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.930480     Document Type: Article

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