Worldwide trends in the prevalence of asthma symptoms: phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

Pearce, Neil; Aït-Khaled, N; Beasley, Richard; Mallol, Javier; Keil, Ulrich; A. Mitchell, Edwin; Robertson, Clayton; the ISAAC Phase Three Study Group, and

doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070169

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Worldwide trends in the prevalence of asthma symptoms: phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

Published in Thorax • May 16, 2007

Authors:

Neil Pearce

N Aït-Khaled

Richard Beasley

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Phase I of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) was designed to allow worldwide comparisons of the prevalence of asthma symptoms. In phase III the phase I survey was repeated in order to assess changes over time. METHODS: The phase I survey was repeated af...

Subject

Medicine

Asthma

Allergy

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