Prevalence of asthma symptoms in video and written questionnaires among children in four regions of Finland

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1787-1794

  Pekkanen, J ^a   Remes, S T ^a   Husman, T ^a   Lindberg, M ^a   Kajosaari, M ^b   Koivikko, A ^c   Soininen, L ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Provincial Government of Lapland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Prevalence; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TELEVISION;

EID: 0030773877     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10081787     Document Type: Article

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