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Use of the complex of models of regression for analysis of the factors that determine the severity of bronchial asthma [PDF]

, 2020
Background: According to an International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), the prevalence of asthma in children of 6-7 years old has increased by 10%, and at the age of 13-14 years by 16% over the last decade.
Kozhyna, Olga S., Pihnastyi, O. M.
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Asthma Prevalence, Knowledge, and Perceptions among Secondary School Pupils in Rural and Urban Costal Districts in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2014
Asthma is a common chronic disease of childhood that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of asthma among secondary school pupils in urban and rural areas of coast districts of Tanzania.
A Rodriguez, A Senthilselvan, B Quarm-Goka, C Niekerk, D Keeley, E von Mutius, EA Yobo, EF Crain, EG Weinberg, F Mugusi, Ferdinand Mugusi, Godfrey Mutashambara Rwegerera, GW Wong, H Anderson, H Anderson, J Liebhart, J Odhiambo, Julius Chacha Mwita, KM Hurwitz, M Asher, Meshack Shimwela, MI Asher, Michael Mwandri, N Ait‒Khaled, N Pearce, R Beasley, S Berntsen, SBL Barnett, The United Republic of Tanzania, Yohana Mashalla   +29 more
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Culture-specific programs for children and adults from minority groups who have asthma (Review) [PDF]

, 2009
Background People with asthma who come from minority groups have poorer asthma outcomes and more asthma related visits to Emergency Departments (ED). Various programmes are used to educate and empower people with asthma and these have previously been ...
Bailey, EJ, Brown, N, Cates, CJ, Chang, AB, Kruske, SG, Morris, PS   +5 more
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Does asthma impair wealth accumulation or does wealth protect against asthma? [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: We investigate the association between adult asthma and wealth, testing whether the disease impairs wealth accumulation (social selection model) or if wealth protects against asthma (social causation model).
Smith, Patricia K., Zagorsky, Jay L.
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Prevalence of asthma symptoms in Golestan schoolchildren aged 6–7 and 13–14 years in Northeast Iran [PDF]

, 2016
Asthma is the most common chronic disease among children, and its incidences are often imminent among elementary schoolchildren. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of asthma symptoms in Golestan schoolchildren aged 6–7 and 13–14 years in ...
Bazrafshan, B., Khodadost, M., Mehravar, F., Rafiee, S.   +3 more
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The blue one takes a battering why do young adults with asthma overuse bronchodilator inhalers? A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: Overuse of short-acting bronchodilators is internationally recognised as a marker of poor asthma control, high healthcare use and increased risk of asthma death. Young adults with asthma commonly overuse short-acting bronchodilators. We sought
Cole, S, Griffiths, C, Seale, C
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Neuroticism, extraversion, stressful life events and asthma: a cohort study of middle-aged adults [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Stressful life events can trigger asthma exacerbations, but could also contribute to the development of incident asthma. However, only few studies have investigated the association between stressful life events and adult asthma prospectively.
Amelang, Beuther, Chida, Connor-Smith, Dhabhar, Eggert, Farfel, Genuneit, Hauner, Herberth, Huovinen, Kakizaki, Kilpeläinen, Kullowatz, Lazarus, LeBlanc, Loerbroks, Martin, Munafo, Nakaya, Priftis, Rosenbaum, Sandberg, Segerstrom, Shipley, Smith, Spiegelman, Stürmer, Stürmer, Swickert, Toren, Vig, Wainwright, Wilson, Wright   +34 more
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Insights into frequent asthma exacerbations from a primary care perspective and the implications of UK National Review of Asthma Deaths recommendations [PDF]

, 2018
The United Kingdom National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) recommends that patients who require ≥3 courses of oral corticosteroids (OCS) for exacerbations in the past year or those on British Thoracic Society (BTS) Step 4/5 treatment must be referred to ...
Barclay, Stephen, Chaudhuri, Rekha, Lee, Wai-Ting Nicola, MacBride-Stewart, Sean, McCallum, Craig, McSharry, Charles, Murray, Diane, O'Pray, Hugh, Ramparsad, Nitish, Sharma, Varun, Shepherd, Malcolm, Thomson, Neil C., Yang, Jieqiong Freda   +12 more
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MyAirCoach: The use of home-monitoring and mHealth systems to predict deterioration in asthma control and the occurrence of asthma exacerbations; Study protocol of an observational study [PDF]

, 2016
© Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Introduction Asthma is a variable lung condition whereby patients experience periods of controlled and uncontrolled asthma symptoms.
Bonini, Matteo, Chung, Kian Fan, Fowler, Stephen, Honkoop, Persijn J., Meah, Sally, Simpson, Andrew, Snoeck-Stroband, Jiska B., Sont, Jacob K., Usmani, Omar S.   +8 more
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The effect of early child care attendance on childhood asthma and wheezing: A meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2018
ObjectiveResearch evidence offers mixed results regarding the relationship between early child care attendance and childhood asthma and wheezing. A meta-analysis was conducted to synthesize the current research evidence of the association between early ...
Alkon, Abbey, Bekmezian, Arpi, Cabana, Michael D, Celedon, Juan, Coffman, Janet, Collier, Tina, Cruz, Eddie, Swartz, Alicia, Young, Chelsea Anne   +8 more
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