Prevalence, severity and risk factors of asthma, rhinitis and eczema in a large group of Chinese schoolchildren

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 232-242

  Song, Ning ^a   Mohammed, Shamssain ^b   Zhang, Jin ^c   Wu, Jianling ^a   Fu, Chunling ^a   Hao, Shuting ^a   Guan, Jitao ^a   Yan, Xixin ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AJMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Second Hospital of Shijiazhuang   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chinese schoolchildren; Eczema; ISAAC; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; CHINESE; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE INDUCED WHEEZING; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATERNAL SMOKING; PET ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHINA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PETS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84899023244     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2013.867973     Document Type: Article

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