Asthma incidence and risk factors in a national longitudinal sample of adolescent Canadians: A prospective cohort study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lawson, Joshua A ^a,b   Janssen, Ian ^c   Bruner, Mark W ^d   Hossain, Alomgir ^b   Pickett, William ^c  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Cohort effect; Environmental tobacco smoke; Incidence; Sex; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BOOTSTRAPPING; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84897478940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-51     Document Type: Article

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