Wheezing, allergy, and parasite infection in children in urban and rural ethiopia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1369-1373

  Dagoye, Damtew ^b   Bekele, Zegaye ^b   Woldemichael, Kifle ^b   Nida, Hailu ^b   Yimam, Meselech ^b   Hall, Andy ^b   Venn, Andrea J ^b   Britton, John R ^b   Hubbard, Richard ^b   Lewis, Sarah A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atopy; Parasites; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; COCKROACH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RURAL AREA; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037952699     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200210-1204OC     Document Type: Article

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