Characterization of the asthmatic population of St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Asthma severity levels and atopic sensitization

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 871-877

  Schwindt, Christina D ^a   Bacchus, Hyacinth ^b   Leu, Szu Yun ^a   Tjoa, Thomas ^a   Klebanova, Yana ^a   Delfino, Ralph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Milton Cato Memorial Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Allergy; Asthma; Degree of atopy; Developing country

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCKROACH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA; MOULD; ONSET AGE; POLLEN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN TEST; WHEEZING; AGED; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957346551     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.506682     Document Type: Article

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