Environmental risk factors for persistent asthma in Lucknow

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1311-1317

  Awasthi, Shally ^a   Gupta, Sarika ^a   Maurya, Nutan ^a   Tripathi, Priya ^a   Dixit, Pratibha ^a   Sharma, Neeraj ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ambient air pollution; Persistent asthma; Second hand smoke; Uncontrolled asthma

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMITTENT ASTHMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; PARENTAL CONSENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867575949     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-012-0817-6     Document Type: Article

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