Exercise-induced bronchospasm: A pilot survey in Nairobi school children

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 694-698

  Ng'ang'a, L W ^a   Odhiambo, J A ^a   Omwega, M J ^a   Gicheha, C M ^a   Becklake, M R ^b,c   Menzies, R ^b,c   Mohammed, N ^c   Macklem, P T ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Intl Union Against TB and Lung Dis   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; DISEASE MARKER; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETRY; URBANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

BRONCHUS;

EID: 0031428641     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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