Project number: 1993-210
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $30,308.00
Principal Investigator: Craig Mellis
Organisation: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Project start/end date: 18 Jul 1993 - 25 Jan 1996
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To determine if the questions used to categorise fish consumption in standard respiratory symptom questionaires have good construct validity
2. To determine if the questions used to categorise fish consumption in standard respiratory symptom questionaires have good construct validity
3. To determine if the type or quality of fish is an important factor associated with a reduced risk of asthma in childhood
4. To determine if children with abnormal airway responsiveness or frequent asthmatic symptoms have different characteristics to nonasthmatic children

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