Asthma prevalence in primary school entrants assessed during the preventive checkup in school: Feasibility and evidence;Asthma - Fragebogenerhebung bei schulanfangern im rahmen der schularzlichen vorsorgeuntersuchung. Machbarkeit und aussagekraft

Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 578-582

  Zacharasiewicz, A ^a   Gotz M ^a   Zwick, H ^a   Frank, W ^a   Lucius, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma medication; ISAAC questionnaire; School beginners; Underdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0342298521     PISSN: 00269298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001120050598     Document Type: Article

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