Prevalence of asthma symptoms in Latin America: The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 439-444

  Mallol, Javier ^a,b   Solé, Dirceu ^a,c   Asher, Innes ^d   Clayton, Tadd ^d   Stein, Renato ^a,e   Soto Quiroz, Manuel ^f   Romieu, Isabelle ^a   Quiroz, Manuel Soto ^a   Kukier, Gherson ^a   Brito, Murillo ^a   Ferreira, Otelo ^a   Da Couta, Leda Solano ^a   Chiarella, Pascual ^a   Caldeira, Francisco ^a   Naspitz, Charles ^a   Rosario, Nelson ^a   Jones, Marcus ^a   Guggiari, Jaime ^a   Holgado, Dolores ^a   Salmun, Natalio ^a   Cohen, Marcelo ^a   Neffen, Hugo ^a   Solís, Teresita ^a   Cerqueiro, Cristina ^a   Cortez, Eliana ^a   Sánchez, Ignacio ^a   Calvo, Mario ^a   Amarales, Lidia ^a   more..

^a University of Santiago de Chile ^*

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f National Children Hospital   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Epidemiology; ISAAC; Latin America; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WHEEZING;

EID: 0033663761     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0496(200012)30:6<439::aid-ppul1>3.3.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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