Asthma and allergies in schoolchildren of Maputo

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-271

  Mavale Manuel, S ^a,b,c,d   Joaquim, O ^d   MacOme, C ^a   Almeida, L ^a   Nunes, E ^a   Daniel, A ^a   Malichocho, J ^a   Pedro, A ^a   Bandeira, S ^a   Eduardo, E ^a   MacIel, L ^a   Constance, E ^d   Marques, S ^d   Tembe, A ^d   De Blic, J ^e   Annesi Maesano, I ^b,c  

^a MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Children; Eczema; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847000906     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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