Effect of degree of urbanisation on age and sex-specific asthma prevalence in Swedish preschool children

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bröms, Kristina ^a,b   Norbäck, Dan ^b   Eriksson, Margaretha ^a   Sundelin, Claes ^b   Svärdsudd, Kurt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN; URBANIZATION; AGE; INFANT;

AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 70349118661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-303     Document Type: Article

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