Questionnaires, spirometry and PEF monitoring in epidemiological studies on elderly respiratory patients
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Questionnaires, spirometry and PEF monitoring in epidemiological studies on elderly respiratory patients.
Questionnaires are the most used subjective instrument of measurement in respiratory epidemiology. The standardisation of the questionnaires aims to limit bias by maximising validity and reliability, and comparability. Within the European Union project BIOMED1, a compendium of respiratory standard questionnaires (CORSQ) was developed for adults covering 18 topics from general information to ear...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00402303