Prevalence of Asthma and Risk Factors for Asthma-Like Symptoms in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children in the Northern Territories of Canada

Affiliations

Zhiwei Gao: Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Brian H Rowe: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Carina Majaesic: Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Cindy O’Hara: Alberta Asthma Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
A Senthilselvan: Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated the prevalence and risk factors of asthma in Canadian Aboriginal children.

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