Very low prevalence of asthma and allergies in schoolchildren from rural Beijing, China

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 793-799

  Ma, Yu ^a   Zhao, Jing ^a   Han, Z R ^a   Chen, Yuzhi ^a   Leung, Ting F ^b   Wong, Gary W K ^b  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Allergies; Asthma; Children; Chinese; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ASTHMA; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 68049101892     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21061     Document Type: Article

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