Wheeze and urban variation in South Asia

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-147

  Mistry, Rikki ^a   Wickramasingha, Nandanee ^b   Ogston, Simon ^c   Singh, Meenu ^d   Devasiri, Vasantha ^e   Mukhopadhyay, Somnath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Children; South Asia; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1542327597     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1393-6     Document Type: Article

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