Relationship between asthma and high blood pressure among adolescents in Aracaju, Brazil

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 639-643

  Roelofs, Rik ^a   Gurgel, Ricardo Q ^b   Wendte, Johannes ^a   Polderman, Jorinde ^a   Barreto Filho, José Augusto S ^b   Solé, Dirceu ^c   Motta Franco, Jackeline ^b   Munter, Jeroen De ^a   Agyemang, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Asthma; Brazil; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES IN CHILDHOOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955548316     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770901003734306     Document Type: Article

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