Prevalence of symptoms related to asthma among schoolchildren in Campos Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil;Prevalencia de sintomas relacionados con el asma en escolares de Campos Gerais (MG), Brasil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-15

  Camargos, Paulo A M ^a   Castro, Roberta M ^b   Feldman, Juliana S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SYMPTOM; URBANIZATION; WHEEZING; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

BRAZIL; CAMPOS GERAIS; MINAS GERAIS STATE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0033163125     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891999000600002     Document Type: Article

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