Distribution of severity of asthma in childhood

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 417-423

  Simões, Silvia De Magalhães ^a,b   Da Cunha, Sergio Souza ^c,d   Barreto, Maurício Lima ^e,f   Cruz, Álvaro Augusto ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Questionnaire; Severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; URBAN AREA;

ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78649659190     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.2030     Document Type: Article

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