Browsing Research publications by Author "Rona, R.J."
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Agreement between responses to a standardized asthma questionnaire and a questionnaire following a demonstration of asthma symptoms in adults
Smeeton, N.C.; Rona, R.J.; Oyarzun, M.; Diaz, P.V. (2006)Asthma epidemiology relies heavily on standardized questionnaires, but little is known about the understanding of asthma symptoms among adults in the community. In 2004, the authors assessed the level of agreement between ... -
Do psychological distress and somatization contribute to misattribution of asthma? A Chilean study
Rona, R.J.; Smeeton, N.C.; Amigo, H.; Vargas, C. (2007-01)Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the association between asthma and distress by whether symptoms of asthma present alone or are accompanied by atopy or bronchial reactivity to methacholine [bronchial ... -
Parental attitudes towards the management of asthma in ethnic minorities
Smeeton, N.C.; Rona, R.J.; Gregory, J.; White, P.; Morgan, M. (2007)Objectives: Children from Indian and Pakistani (South Asian) and black minority groups have relatively high rates of attendance at accident and emergency (A&E) departments and admissions to hospital in the UK. We examine ... -
Untreated asthma, final height and sitting height/leg length ratio in Chile
Rona, R.J.; Smeeton, N.C.; Vargas, C.; Bustos, P.; Amigo, H. (2006)Objective: There is uncertainty as to whether asthma has an effect on final height. We investigated using subjective and objective assessments whether untreated asthma is associated with final height, leg length and sitting ...