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The Global Asthma Network Manual for Global Surveillance:
Prevalence, Severity and Risk Factors
This manual has been updated as of 22 February 2016. If you visited or downloaded the manual before this date, please replace it with this latest version.
1. What is the Global Asthma Network?
2. Global Surveillance Project: Prevalence, Severity and Risk Factors
3. Administration of the project
4. Scientific background of ISAAC
5. Methods
6. Data handling and analysis
7. Study instruments for 13/14 year olds
8. Study instruments for 6/7 year olds
9. Study instruments for adults
10. Validation of instruments
11. Ethics Committee approval
12. Expression of interest
13. Registration Document
14. Centre Report
15. Model for Approaching Schools and Additional Information for Fieldwork
16. Model for Approaching Parents
17. Field work
18. Guidelines for the Translation of Questionnaires
19. Coding and Data Transfer Section
20. Detailed Guidelines for fieldworkers
21. Contact addresses of the Global Asthma Network Steering Group, GAN Global Centre and Data Centres
22. Bibliography
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