Prediction of asthma by common risk factors: A follow-up study in Cuban schoolchildren

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 415-420

  van der Werff, Suzanne D ^a,b   Junco, Díaz R ^c   Reyneveld, R ^a   Heymans, M W ^a   Campos Ponce, M ^a   Bonet, Gorbea M ^c   Polman, K ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cuba; Prediction model; Predictors; Risk factors; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CUBA; DRUG USE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 84887343785     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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