Health Surveillance


* 3 Screening questionnaires may lead to an underestimate of the prevalence of asthmatic symptoms.

Evidence

Gordon SB, Curran AD, Murphy J, Sillitoe C, Lee G, Wiley K, Morice, AH , Screening Questionnaires For Bakers' Asthma - Are They Worth The Effort? , Occup Med (London) , 1997 ; 47 : 361-366

Stenton S, Beach JR, Avery AJ et al , The value of questionnaires and spirometry in asthma surveillance programmes in the workplace , Occup Med (London) , 1993 ; 43 : 203-206


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