The Development of the MeDALL Core Questionnaires for a Harmonized Follow-Up Assessment of Eleven European Birth Cohorts on Asthma and Allergies
Author(s) -
Cynthia Hohmann,
Mariona Pinart,
Christina Tischer,
Ulrike Gehring,
Joachim Heinrich,
Inger Kull,
E. Melén,
Henriëtte A. Smit,
Maties Torrent,
Alet H. Wijga,
Magnus Wickman,
Claus Bachert,
Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen,
Kai-Häkon Carlsen,
Carsten BindslevJensen,
Esben Eller,
Ana Esplugues,
Maria Pia Fantini,
Isabella AnnesiMaesano,
Isabelle Momas,
Daniela Porta,
Maria Vassilaki,
Dagmar Waiblinger,
Jordi Sunyer,
Josep M. Antó,
Jean Bousquet,
Thomas Keil
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international archives of allergy and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1423-0097
pISSN - 1018-2438
DOI - 10.1159/000357732
Subject(s) - asthma , harmonization , allergy , medicine , cohort , pediatrics , cohort study , family medicine , incidence (geometry) , demography , environmental health , immunology , pathology , sociology , acoustics , physics , optics
Numerous birth cohorts have been initiated in the world over the past 30 years using heterogeneous methods to assess the incidence, course and risk factors of asthma and allergies. The aim of the present work is to provide the stepwise proceedings of the development and current version of the harmonized MeDALL-Core Questionnaire (MeDALL-CQ) used prospectively in 11 European birth cohorts.
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