Prevalence of asthma and allergy in Hong Kong schoolchildren: An ISAAC study

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 354-360

  Leung, R ^a   Wong, G ^a   Lau, J ^a   Ho, A ^a   Chan, J K W ^a   Choy, D ^a   Douglass, C ^a   Lai, C K W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

allergy; asthma; atopy; Chinese; eczema; epidemiology; schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECZEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0031054967     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10020354     Document Type: Article

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