Prevalence of Wheeze and Self-Reported Asthma and Asthma Care in an Urban and Rural Area of Tanzania and Cameroon

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 209-214

  Mugusi, Ferdinand ^a   Edwards, Richard ^b   Hayes, Louise ^c,d   Unwin, Nigel ^c,d   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^e   Whiting, David ^c,f   Sobngwi, Eugene ^g   Rashid, Seif ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^f Morbidity and Mortality Project   (Tanzania)

^g SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; EPHEDRINE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CAMEROON; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 5444227582     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400408     Document Type: Article

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