Prevalence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of atopic and nonatopic asthma among rural children

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 304-310

  Lawson, Joshua A ^a,b   Chu, Luan M ^a,b   Rennie, Donna C ^b,c   Hagel, Louise ^b   Karunanayake, Chandima P ^b   Pahwa, Punam ^a,b   Dosman, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DYSPNEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONATOPIC ASTHMA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SNEEZING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SASKATCHEWAN; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SASKATCHEWAN; SKIN TESTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85009165617     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2016.11.024     Document Type: Article

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