Risk factors and prevalence of asthma in schoolchildren in Castellon (Spain): a cross-sectional study

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 135-142

  Arnedo Pena, Alberto ^a   Puig Barberà, Joan ^a   Bellido Blasco, Juan Bautista ^a   Pac Sa, Maria Rosario ^a   Campos Cruañes, Joan Batiste ^b   Artero Sivera, Adrián ^c   Museros Recatalá, Lidón ^d  

^a Centro Salud Publica   (Spain)

^b SAMU de l'Alcora l'Alcora   (Spain)

^c Centro de Salud de Burriana   (Spain)

^d Sanidad Exterior   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Prevalence; Risk factors; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHITIS; CAT; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUSITIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 67650945490     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0546(09)71725-2     Document Type: Article

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