Trends in prevalence and risk factors of childhood asthma in Fuzhou, a city in Southeastern China

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-15

  Tang, Su Ping ^a   Liu, Yan Lin ^a   Wang, Shi Biao ^b   Weng, Sheng Feng ^c   Chen, Shen ^a   Zhang, Min Jun ^b   Dong, Li ^a   Guo, Yi Hua ^a   Lin, Dong Ru ^a   Hua, Yun Han ^a   Wang, De Yun ^d  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Fujian Province   (China)

^c Beijing Geriatric Hospital   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children aged 0 14 years; Fuzhou; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AIR CONDITIONING; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; URTICARIA; CITY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH; RISK; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; ECZEMA; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; URTICARIA;

EID: 84920815584     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.952434     Document Type: Article

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