Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 106-113 , March 2009

Barriers to Care Questionnaire: Reliability, Validity, and Responsiveness to Change Among Parents of Children With Asthma

Received 16 September 2008 ,Accepted 2 December 2008.

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 Dr Varni holds the copyright and the trademark for the PedsQL and receives financial compensation from the Mapi Research Trust, which is a nonprofit research institute that charges distribution fees to for-profit companies that use the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. No other authors have any relevant financial interests. The Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, had no role in design or conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data; or preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2008.12.003

Academic Pediatrics
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