Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchospasm in Thokoza schoolchildren

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-70

  Mashalane, M B N ^a   Stewart, A ^a   Feldman, C ^a   Becker, P ^b   de Charmoy, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; GAS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 30944440309     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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