References
- Pekkanen J, Pearce N. Defining asthma in epidemiological studies. Eur Respir J 1999; 14:951–957. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE]
- VanSchaych C P, Chavannes N H. Detection of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care. Eur Respir J 2003; 21(suppl 39):S16–S22. [CROSSREF]
- Machin D, Campbell M, Fayers P, Pinol A. Sample Size Tables for Clinical Studies. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1997:41–54.
- Schatz M, Cook E F, Nakahiro R, Petitti D. Inhaled corticosteroids and allergy specialty care reduce emergency hospital use for asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003; 111:503–508. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE], [CSA], [CROSSREF]
- Barnes K C, Freidhoff L R, Horowitz E M, Mathias R A, Mulkern D M, Bonacum J T, Goldman M H, Polito A J, Saini S S, Marsh D G, Beaty T H, Togias A. Physician-derived asthma diagnoses made on the basis of questionnaire data are in good agreement with interview-based diagnoses and are not affected by objective tests. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1999; 104:791–796. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE], [CSA]
- American Thoracic Society. Lung function testing: selection of reference values and interpretative strategies. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991; 144:1202–1218.
- American Thoracic Society. Standardization of spirometry. 1994 update. Am Rev Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 152:1107–1136.
- Jorres R A, Nowak D, Kirsten D, Gronke L, Magnussen H. A short protocol for methacholine provocation testing adapted to the Rosenthal-Chai dosimeter technique. Chest 1997; 111:866–869., [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE]
- Marklund B, Tunsater A, Bengtsson C. How often is the diagnosis bronchial asthma correct? Fam Pract 1999; 16:112–116. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE], [CSA], [CROSSREF]
- Montnemery P, Hansson L, Lanke J, Lindholm L H, Nyberg P, Lofdahl C G, Adelroth E. Accuracy of a first diagnosis of asthma in primary health care. Fam Pract 2002; 19:365–368. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE], [CSA], [CROSSREF]
- Sears M R, Greene J M, Willan A R, Wiecek E M, Taylor D R, Flannery E M, Cowan J O, Herbison G P, Silvia P A, Poulton R. A longitudinal, population-based, cohort study of childhood asthma followed to adulthood. N Engl J Med 2003; 349:1414–1422. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE], [CROSSREF]
- Brown E R, Meng Y Y, Babey S H, Malcolm E. Asthma in California in 2001: High Rates Affect Most Population Groups. California Health Interview Survey Policy Brief: May, 2002, http://www.chis.ucla.edu.
- Peat J K, Toelle B G, Marks G B, Mellis C M. Continuing the debate about measuring asthma in population studies. Thorax 2001; 56:406–411. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE], [CROSSREF]
- Graif Y, Yigla M, Tov N, Kramer M R. Value of a negative aeroallergen skin-prick test result in the diagnosis of asthma in young adults. Correlative study with methacholine challenge. Chest 2002; 122:821–825. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE], [CROSSREF]
- Harding S M, Sontag S J. Asthma and gastroesophageal reflux. Am J Gastroenterol 2000; 95(suppl):S23–S32. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE], [CROSSREF]
- Joyce D P, Chapman K R, Kesten S. Prior diagnosis and treatment of patents wih normal results of methacholine challenge and unexplained respiratory symptoms. Chest 1996; 109:697–701. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE]
- Pratter M R, Hingston D M, Irwin R S. Diagnosis of bronchial asthma by clinical evaluation. Chest 1983; 84:42–47. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE]
- LindenSmith J, Morrison D, Deveau C, Hernandez P. Overdiagnosis of asthma in the community. Can Respir J 2004; 11:111–116. [PUBMED], [INFOTRIEVE], [CSA]
- Barnes P J. Effect of corticosteroids on airway hyperresponsiveness. Am J Rev Resp Dis 1990; 141(2 Pt 2):S70–S76. [CSA]