Open AccessPrevalence of bronchial asthma in Indian children
Author(s) -
Ranabir Pal,
Sanjay Dahal,
Shrayan Pal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.58389
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , epidemiology , pediatrics , demography , prevalence , population , disease burden , environmental health , sociology
The prevalence of childhood bronchial asthma and allergic disease has increased in developed countries. Studies have identified asthma among Indian children. Still, there is paucity of information on the overall prevalence of childhood asthma in India.