The relationship of per capita gross national product to the prevalence of symptoms of asthma and other atopic diseases in children (ISAAC) | Zendy

Alistair W. Stewart | Zendy; E. Mitchell | Zendy; Neil Pearce | Zendy; D P Strachan | Zendy; Stephan K. Weiland | Zendy

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The relationship of per capita gross national product to the prevalence of symptoms of asthma and other atopic diseases in children (ISAAC)

Author(s) -

Alistair W. Stewart,

E. Mitchell,

Neil Pearce,

D P Strachan,

Stephan K. Weiland

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.1.173

Subject(s) - asthma , per capita , medicine , wheeze , gross domestic product , socioeconomic status , demography , quartile , allergy , pediatrics , environmental health , population , immunology , confidence interval , economic growth , sociology , economics

Increasing prevalence and worldwide variation in asthma and other atopic diseases suggest the influence of environmental factors, at least one possibly related to socioeconomic wellbeing. This paper examines the relationship of symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema with gross national product per capita (GNP per capita).

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