Prevalence of asthma and respiratory symptoms in children in a low socio-economic status area of Nigeria

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 982-988

  Adetoun Mustapha, B ^a   Briggs, D J ^a   Hansell, Anna L ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Developing country; Niger Delta; Respiratory; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES IN CHILDHOOD; MALE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84878948377     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0434     Document Type: Article

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