Prevalence and severity of asthma among Indian school children aged between 6 and 14 years: Associations with parental smoking and traffic pollution

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 238-244

  Singh, Sheetu ^a   Sharma, Bharat Bhushan ^b   Sharma, S K ^c   Sabir, Mohammed ^d   Singh, Virendra ^e   Chhatwal, Jugesh ^e   Jain, K C ^e   Kumar, Lata ^e   Joshi, Mohan Keshav ^e   Milind, Neeta ^e   Babu, P S Suresh ^e   Awasthi, Shally ^e   Bhave, Sheila ^f   Salvi, Sundeep ^e   Sukumaran, T U ^e   Khatav, Vasant A ^g   Rego, Sylvan John ^e  

^a Institute of Respiratory Diseases   (India)

^b SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Asthma Bhawan ^*  (India)

^f NONE   (India)

^g NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; epidemiology; physiological disorders; pollution; smoking

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE; EXHAUST GAS; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PATERNAL SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; DEMOGRAPHY; EXHAUST GAS; INDIA; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84945578763     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2015.1087558     Document Type: Article

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