Prevalence and severity of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhino-conjunctivitis and atopic eczema in secondary school children in Ibadan, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 695-698

  Falade, A G ^a,b   Olawuyi, F ^a   Osinusi, K ^a   Onadeko, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032233010     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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