School absence and treatment in school children with respiratory symptoms in the Netherlands: Data from the Child Health Monitoring System

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 359-363

  Spee van Der Wekke, J ^a   Meulmeester, J F ^b   Radder, J J ^a   Verloove Vanhorick, S P ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands School of Public Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COUGHING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031752798     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.6.359     Document Type: Article

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