Prevalence and risk factors for wheezing in Salvador, Brazil: a population-based study
| Autor: | Dirceu Solé, Mayra Cardoso, V. M. Miranda, Cristiana Maria Costa Nascimento-Carvalho, A. Barral, G.G. Reis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Population Age Distribution Recurrence Risk Factors medicine Prevalence Humans Risk factor education Asthma Respiratory Sounds Family Health education.field_of_study business.industry Infant Newborn Infant General Medicine Infant Low Birth Weight medicine.disease Confidence interval Population based study Low birth weight Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Female Tobacco Smoke Pollution medicine.symptom business Brazil Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians. 108(3) |
| ISSN: | 1460-2393 |
| Popis: | Background: Wheezing is one of the most frequent causes of visit to emergency rooms among children. However, data on wheezing burden are mostly provided at healthcare setting, and particularly only for infants. Aims: We sought to estimate the prevalence of wheezing in children under 4 years and to assess potential risk factors in the community. Design: This was a cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort study. Methods: The sample comprised children aged |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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