Early childhood wheezers: identifying asthma in later life
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Early childhood wheezers: identifying asthma in later life
Wheeze in young children is common, and asthma is the most common noncommunicable disease in children. Prevalence studies of recurrent asthma-like symptoms in children under the age of 5 years have reported that one third of children in the US and Europe are affected, and rates and severity appear to be higher in developing countries. Over the last few decades, significant research efforts have...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Asthma and Allergy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1178-6965
DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s70066