Asthma prevalence, knowledge, and perceptions among secondary school pupils in rural and urban coastal districts in Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shimwela, Meshack ^a   Mwita, Julius Chacha ^b   Mwandri, Michael ^b   Rwegerera, Godfrey Mutashambara ^b   Mashalla, Yohana ^b   Mugusi, Ferdinand ^c  

^a Amana District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Asthma; Pupils; Rural; Tanzania; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901066163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-387     Document Type: Article

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