Asthma among school children in the Barwon region of Victoria

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 221-224

  Vuillermin, Peter J ^a   South, Mike ^a   Carlin, John B ^a   Biscan, Maree I ^b   Brennan, Sharon L ^b   Robertson, Colin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; WHEEZING; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; VICTORIA;

EID: 34848823823     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01203.x     Document Type: Article

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