Factors Affecting Estimates of The Prevalence of Asthma and Wheezing in Childhood

Family Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 318-321

  Usherwood, T P ^a  

^a Greenock Academy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023639652     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/4.4.318     Document Type: Article

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