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Although the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has provided input with regard to this supplement, this input does not constitute US FDA endorsement of any particular instrument.

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The “Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire Self-Administered Standardized (CRQ-SAS)”, authored by Drs. Gordon Guyatt and Holger Schünemann, was made under license from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada (Copyright ©2001, McMaster University). The CRQ-SAS is provided under license from McMaster University and may not be copied, distributed or used in any way without the prior written consent of McMaster University. Contact the McMaster Industry Liaison Office at: milo@mcmaster.ca for licensing details.

McMaster University owns the copyright for the CRQ-SAS FIRST ADMINISTRATION VERSION instrument and has granted CDISC permission to include this supplement in the CDISC inventory of QRS data standards supplements. McMaster University will distribute the CDISC supplement package to sponsors when they are approved to use this instrument. Hence, CDISC developed QSTESTCD and QSTEST for each item based on the actual text on the instrument.

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