Prevalence of asthma symptoms in 7th- and 8th-grade school children in a rural region in India

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-122

  Pakhale, Smita ^a,b   Wooldrage, Kate ^a   Manfreda, Jure ^a   Anthonisen, Nick ^a  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma epidemiology; Asthma school; Indian caste system; Rural asthma; Rural India; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40949157208     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701840220     Document Type: Article

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