Prevalence and risk factors of asthma and wheeze in school-going children in Lucknow, North India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1205-1210

  Awasthi, Shally ^a,b   Kalra, Ekta ^a   Roy, Siddhartha ^a   Awasthi, Saumya ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; Risk factors; School going children; Urban; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EATING HABIT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PASTA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11944256455     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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