The development and test re-test reliability of a work-related asthma screening questionnaire

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 279-288

  Killorn, Katie R ^a,b   Dostaler, Suzanne M ^a,b   Olajos Clow, Jennifer ^a,b   Turcotte, Scott E ^a,b   Minard, Janice P ^a,b   Holness, D Linn ^c,d,e,f   Kudla, Irena ^c,e,f   Lemière, Catherine ^g   To, Teresa ^c,h   Liss, Gary ^c,f   Tarlo, Susan M ^c,d,e,f,i   Lougheed, M Diane ^a,b,f  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease   (Canada)

^g HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Occupational asthma; Prevention; Primary care; Questionnaire; Work aggravated asthma; Work exacerbated asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; FACE VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORK RELATED ASTHMA SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE; ASTHMA; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931072860     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.956892     Document Type: Article

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