Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Nancy L Young

      Affiliations

    • 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

      Affiliations

    • 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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Regina Dutkowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, NJ, USA
    • ,
  • H.Dele Davies

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Joanne M Langley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Saul Greenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Derek Stephens

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Elaine E.L Wang

      Affiliations

    • 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 InformationCorresponding 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.

Received 7 July 1999 ,Accepted 22 December 1999.

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