Changing prevalence of asthma in Turin school children between 1994 and 1999

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 74-78

  Migliore, E ^a   Piccioni, P ^a   Garrone, G ^b   Ciccone, G ^c   Borraccino, A ^d   Bugiani, Massimiliano ^a  

^a CPA ASL4 ^*  (Italy)

^b Paediatrics' Service ASL4   (Italy)

^c Reference Centre for Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

EID: 23844439779     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2005.641     Document Type: Article

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