Prevalence of atopy, asthma symptoms and diagnosis, and the management of asthma: Comparison of an affluent and a non-affluent country

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 606-610

  Faniran, Adeola Olusola ^a   Peat, Jennifer K ^a   Woolcock, Ann J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Children; International; Prevalence; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; SALBUTAMOL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUGHING; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING;

EID: 0033020759     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.7.606     Document Type: Article

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