Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 5 , Pages 658-667 , May 2010

Validation of an electronic version of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire

  • J. Olajos-Clow

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Asthma Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7. Tel.: +1 613 549 6666; fax: +1 613 548 7803.
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  • J. Minard

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
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  • K. Szpiro

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
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  • E.F. Juniper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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  • S. Turcotte

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
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  • X. Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
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  • B. Jenkins

      Affiliations

    • Cissec Corporation, 516 O'Connor Drive, Suite 201, Kingston, ON, Canada K7P 1N3
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  • M.D. Lougheed

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

Received 19 July 2009 ,Accepted 23 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.11.017

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 5 , Pages 658-667 , May 2010

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