Preschool asthma in Italy: Prevalence, risk factors and health resource utilization

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-108

  Peroni, Diego G ^a   Piacentini, Giorgio L ^a   Bodini, Alessandro ^a   Boner, Attilio L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Children; Risk factors; Treatment; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ITALY; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 58049120117     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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