Descriptive epidemiology of asthma in Trinidad, West Indies

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 677-684

  Monteil, M A ^a   Juman, S ^a   Hassanally, R ^a   Williams, K P ^a   Pierre, L ^a   Rahaman, M ^a   Singh, H ^a   Trinidade, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Asthma; Caribbean; Demographics; Epidemiology; Lesser developed country; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0034519639     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770900009087306     Document Type: Article

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