High prevalence of asthma symptoms in the Canary Islands: Climatic influence?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 507-511

  Serdà, G Julià ^a   Cabrera Navarro, P ^a   Batista Fernandez O ^b   Pérez, P Martín ^a   Batista Martin J ^b   Alamo Santana, F ^a   Rodriguez De Castro F ^a   Anto Boque J M ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma symptoms; Climate; Epidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLIMATE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NOSE ALLERGY; PLESIOMORPHY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 26944489583     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-67621     Document Type: Article

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