Canadian Acute Respiratory Illness and Flu Scale (CARIFS) Development of a valid measure for childhood respiratory infections

Jacobs, Benjamin; Young, Nancy L; Dick, Paul T; Ipp, Moshe M; Dutkowski, Regina; Davies, H.Dele; Langley, Joanne M; Greenberg, Saul; Stephens, Derek; Wang, Elaine E.L

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Volume 53, Issue 8 , Pages 793-799, August 2000

Canadian Acute Respiratory Illness and Flu Scale (CARIFS)

Development of a valid measure for childhood respiratory infections

Benjamin Jacobs
- Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nancy L Young
- Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paul T Dick
- Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Moshe M Ipp
- Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Regina Dutkowski
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, NJ, USA
H.Dele Davies
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Joanne M Langley
- Department of Paediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Saul Greenberg
- Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Derek Stephens
- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Elaine E.L Wang
- Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Corresponding author. Vice President, Clinical and Medical Affairs, Aventis Pasteur-Connaught Campus, 1755 Steeles Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, M2R 3T4, Canada. Tel: 416–667–2476; fax: 416–667–2939.