Regional Variations in Risk Factors for Asthma in School Children

Joshua A Lawson; Donna C Rennie; Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan; Donald W Cockcroft; Helen H McDuffie

doi:10.1155/2005/942637

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2005)

Regional Variations in Risk Factors for Asthma in School Children

Joshua A Lawson,
Donna C Rennie,
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan,
Donald W Cockcroft,
Helen H McDuffie

Affiliations

Joshua A Lawson: Institute of Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Donna C Rennie: Institute of Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Donald W Cockcroft: Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Helen H McDuffie: Institute of Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2005/942637
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 6
pp. 321 – 326

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The authors have previously reported an increased prevalence of asthma in Estevan, Saskatchewan (21.4%) compared with Swift Current, Saskatchewan (16.2%).

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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