Systematic review of worldwide variations of the prevalence of wheezing symptoms in children

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Patel, Swatee P ^a,b   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^b   Little, Mark P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHIOPIA; EUROPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149289547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-57     Document Type: Review

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