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Prevalence of exercise induced bronchospasm in Kenyan school children: an urban-rural comparison
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  • L W Ng’ang’a aRespiratory Disease Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 47855, Nairobi, Kenya, bInternational Respiratory Disease Research Unit, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), Montréal, Québec, Canada, cRespiratory Epidemiology Unit, Joint Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and of Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J A Odhiambo aRespiratory Disease Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 47855, Nairobi, Kenya, bInternational Respiratory Disease Research Unit, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), Montréal, Québec, Canada, cRespiratory Epidemiology Unit, Joint Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and of Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M W Mungai aRespiratory Disease Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 47855, Nairobi, Kenya, bInternational Respiratory Disease Research Unit, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), Montréal, Québec, Canada, cRespiratory Epidemiology Unit, Joint Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and of Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • C M Gicheha aRespiratory Disease Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 47855, Nairobi, Kenya, bInternational Respiratory Disease Research Unit, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), Montréal, Québec, Canada, cRespiratory Epidemiology Unit, Joint Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and of Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • P Nderitu aRespiratory Disease Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 47855, Nairobi, Kenya, bInternational Respiratory Disease Research Unit, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), Montréal, Québec, Canada, cRespiratory Epidemiology Unit, Joint Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and of Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • B Maingi aRespiratory Disease Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 47855, Nairobi, Kenya, bInternational Respiratory Disease Research Unit, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), Montréal, Québec, Canada, cRespiratory Epidemiology Unit, Joint Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and of Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • P T Macklem aRespiratory Disease Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 47855, Nairobi, Kenya, bInternational Respiratory Disease Research Unit, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), Montréal, Québec, Canada, cRespiratory Epidemiology Unit, Joint Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and of Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M R Becklake aRespiratory Disease Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 47855, Nairobi, Kenya, bInternational Respiratory Disease Research Unit, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), Montréal, Québec, Canada, cRespiratory Epidemiology Unit, Joint Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and of Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Dr M R Becklake, Respiratory Epidemiology Unit, Joint Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and of Occupational Health, McGill University, 1110 Pine Ave West, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 1A3.
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Ng’ang’a LW, Odhiambo JA, Mungai MW, et al
Prevalence of exercise induced bronchospasm in Kenyan school children: an urban-rural comparison
Thorax 1998;53:919-926.

Publication history

  • Received December 22, 1997
  • Revision requested March 6, 1998
  • Revised June 15, 1998
  • Accepted June 17, 1998
  • First published November 1, 1998.
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