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- Title
The prevalence of asthma and allergies in Singapore; data from two ISAAC surveys seven years apart.
- Authors
Wang, X S; Tan, T N; Shek, L P C; Chng, S Y; Hia, C P P; Ong, N B H; Ma, S; Lee, B W; Goh, D Y T
- Abstract
Over the past few decades, the prevalence of asthma has been increasing in the industrialised world. Despite the suggestion of a similar increase in Singapore, the 12 month prevalence of wheeze among schoolchildren in 1994 was 2.5-fold less than that reported in western populations. It was hypothesised that with increasing affluence in Singapore, the asthma prevalence would further increase and approach Western figures. A second ISAAC survey was carried out seven years later to evaluate this hypothesis.
- Publication
Archives of disease in childhood, 2004, Vol 89, Issue 5, p423
- ISSN
1468-2044
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/adc.2003.031112