Prevalence of asthma-like symptoms by ISAAC video questionnaire in Mozambican schoolchildren

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 189-195

  Mavale Manuel, S ^a,b,c,d   Joaquim, O ^d   Nunes, E ^a,d   Pedro, A ^a   Bandeira, S ^a   Eduardo, E ^a   Macome, C ^a   Almeida, L ^a   Cossa, A ^a   Malichocho, J ^a   Maciel, L ^a   Constance, E ^d   Marques, S ^d   Tembe, A ^d   de Blic, J ^e   Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^b,c,f  

^a MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^f Saint Antoine University and Medical School   (France)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Children; ISAAC; Mozambique; Video questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOZAMBIQUE; NOCTURNAL ASTHMA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEORECORDING; WHEEZING; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

EID: 33947402239     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2006.548     Document Type: Article

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