Prevalence of symptoms of severe asthma and allergies in irish school children: An ISAAC protocol study, 1995-2007

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3192-3201

  Kabir, Zubair ^a   Manning, Patrick J ^b   Holohan, Jean ^c   Goodman, Patrick G ^a,d   Clancy, Luke ^a  

^a TobaccoFree Research Institute   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Asthma Society of Ireland   (Ireland)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Allergies; Asthma; Ireland; ISAAC; Severe asthma; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 80052185256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8083192     Document Type: Article

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