Asthma severity scores for preschoolers displayed weaknesses in reliability, validity, and responsiveness

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1177-1181

  Birken, Catherine S ^a,b   Parkin, Patricia C ^a,b   Macarthur, Colin ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child, preschool; Reproducibility of results; Severity of Illness Index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 9644300945     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.02.016     Document Type: Article

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