Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 8 , Pages 809-814 , August 2005

Concordance between supervised and postal administration of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (MiniAQLQ) and Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) was very high

  • Hilary Pinnock

      Affiliations

    • Division of Community Health Sciences, GP Section, University of Edinburgh, 20, West Richmond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DX, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44-(0)131-650-8102; fax: +44-(0)131-650-9519.
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  • Elizabeth F. Juniper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Canada
    • ,
  • Aziz Sheikh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Community Health Sciences, GP Section, University of Edinburgh, 20, West Richmond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DX, UK

,Accepted 7 January 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.01.010

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 8 , Pages 809-814 , August 2005

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