Open AccessPrevalence, Impact, and Trends in Childhood Disability Due to Asthma
Author(s) -
Paul W. Newacheck,
Neal Halfon
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.154.3.287
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , national health interview survey , odds ratio , pediatrics , demography , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology
Although not widely recognized as such, asthma is the single most prevalent cause of childhood disability and has contributed to a substantial rise in the overall prevalence of disability among children during the past 25 years.
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