Open AccessPrevalence of bronchial asthma and factors associated with it among higher secondary school children in Ernakulam district, Kerala, Southern India
Author(s) -
Jishnu Sathees Lalu,
P S Rakesh,
K Leelamoni
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.220026
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , odds ratio , confidence interval , cross sectional study , univariate analysis , demography , pediatrics , multivariate analysis , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Bronchial asthma is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and cause of frequent absenteeism among children and adolescents. Studies reporting the prevalence of bronchial asthma among adolescents from India are limited and the available studies report wide geographic variations in the prevalence of bronchial asthma.