Opposing trends in the prevalence of health professional-diagnosed asthma by sex: A Canadian National Population Health Survey study

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-152

  Ghosh, Sunita ^a,d   Pahwa, P ^a,b   Rennie, D ^a,c   McDuffie, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma prevalence; Bootstrap; Complex survey design; Rural; Smoking; Urban; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 45849133056     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/793913     Document Type: Article

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