Household conditions, eczema symptoms and rhinitis symptoms: Relationship with wheeze and severe wheeze in children living in the polokwane area, South Africa

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-118

  Wichmann, Janine ^a   Wolvaardt, Jacqueline E ^a   Maritz, Chantelle ^a   Voyi, Kuku V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood; Risk factors; South Africa; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 58149084987     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-007-0309-x     Document Type: Article

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