Risk factors of childhood asthma in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-257

  Palvo, F ^a   Toledo, E C ^a,d   Menin, A M C R ^a   Jorge, P P O ^b   Godoy, M F ^a   Sole D ^c  

^a Sao Jose do Rio Preto University School of Medicine   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; DAY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; TOBACCO; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 48549099986     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn007     Document Type: Article

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