Seasonality of asthma: A retrospective population study

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Cohen, Herman Avner ^a,b   Blau, Hannah ^b,c   Hoshen, Moshe ^d   Batat, Erez ^e   Balicer, Ran D ^f  

^a Pediatric Ambulatory Community Clinic   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d Clalit Headquarters   (Israel)

^e CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma exacerbations; Childhood asthma; Primary care diagnoses; Return to school related morbidities

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; PRIMARY CARE DIAGNOSES; RETURN TO SCHOOL-RELATED MORBIDITIES;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84898751172     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2022     Document Type: Article

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