Assessing paediatric asthma occurrence through dispensed prescription data and questionnaires

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 873-878

  Bechtold, Petra ^a   Ranzi, Andrea ^a   Gambini, Mariaelena ^b   Capelli, Oreste ^c   Magrini, Nicola ^c   Cavallini, Rino ^d   Gallo, Lorenza ^d   Casale, Giovanna ^d   De Togni, Aldo ^e   Cavagni, Giovanni ^f   Lauriola, Paolo ^a  

^a ARPA Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^b ARPA Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^c Local Health Authority of Modena   (Italy)

^d Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^e Public Health Service   (Italy)

^f BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84885008692     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks066     Document Type: Article

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