Socioeconomic risk factors for asthma in Chilean young adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1375-1381

  Corvalán, Camila ^c   Amigo, Hugo ^a   Bustos, Patricia ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Capital House ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILE; CROWDING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 23044470446     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.048967     Document Type: Article

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