Prevalence of asthma in Chilean school age children. Descriptive study in 24.470 children;Prevalencia del asma en escolares chilenos. Estudio descriptivo de 24.470 niños. ISAAC-Chile

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-285

  Mallol V, Javier ^a   Cortez Q, Eliana ^b   Amarales O, Lidia ^b   Sánchez D, Ignacio ^b   Calvo G, Mario ^b   Soto L, Susana ^b   Strickler P, Alexis ^b   Kyling M, Adriana ^b   Sanhueza B, Ines ^b   Albornoz V, Carmen ^b  

^a Hospital El Pino   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Geographyt medical; Respiratory sounds

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0346355238     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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