Open AccessPrevalence of bronchial asthma and its associated factors among school children in urban Puducherry, India
Author(s) -
Gunjan Kumar,
Gautam Roy,
L Subitha,
Swaroop Kumar Sahu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.127289
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , family history , pediatrics , passive smoking , socioeconomic status , environmental health , tobacco smoke , demography , population , sociology
Bronchial asthma is an important public health problem at the global level. There is paucity of studies on bronchial asthma among school children in Urban India.