Factors associated with severe asthma

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1072-1082

  Ratageri, Vinod H ^a   Kabra, S K ^a   Dwivedi, S N ^a   Seth, V ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Bronhiolitis; Risk Factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034302374     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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