Has the prevalence and severity of symptoms of asthma changed among children in New Zealand? ISAAC Phase Three

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1284, 2008, Pages

  Asher, M Innes ^a   Stewart, Alistair W ^a   Clayton, Tadd ^a   Crane, Julian ^b   Ellwood, Philippa ^a   MacKay, Richard ^c   Mitchell, Ed ^a   Moyes, Chris ^d   Pattemore, Philip K ^e   Pearce, Neil ^f  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^d Whakatane Hospital   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 56149111172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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