Bronchial asthma in children: Clinical and epidemiologic approach in different Portuguese speaking countries

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 18, 1999, Pages 49-53

  Morais De Almeida, Mário ^a   Rosado Pinto, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DONA ESTEFÂNIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY TEST; BRAZIL; CAPE VERDE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MACAO; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MACAO; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0032998580     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(1999)27:18+<49::AID-PPUL16>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Conference Paper

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