Urban-rural differences in questionnaire-derived markers of asthma in Kenyan school children

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1105-1112

  Odhiambo, J A ^a   Ng'ang'a, L W ^a   Mungai, M W ^a   Gicheha, C M ^a   Nyamwaya, J K ^a   Karimi, F ^a   Macklem, P T ^b,c   Becklake, M R ^b,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Asthma; Prevalence; School children; Symptom markers; Urban versus rural Kenya

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXHAUST GAS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031789074     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12051105     Document Type: Article

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