Prevalence of asthma and asthma symptoms among 13 and 14-year-old schoolchildren, Brazil;Prevalência de asma e sintomas asmáticos em escolares de 13 e 14 anos de idade

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 292-299

  Soares Maia, José Geraldo ^a,d   Marcopito, Luiz Francisco ^b   Neves Amaral, Adriano ^c   de Freitas Tavares, Breno ^c   Lima e Santos, Augusta Nogueira ^c  

^a Universidade Federal de Montes Claros   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIMONTES   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma, epidemiology; Cross sectional studies; Health surveys; Prevalence; Questionnaire; School health; Students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; BRONCHITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

EID: 2942682668     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102004000200020     Document Type: Article

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