The prevalence of asthma and related atopic diseases in Sri Lankan children from 2001 to 2013 utilizing the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire

K. Gunasekera (Colombo, Sri Lanka), D. Amarasiri (Colombo, Sri Lanka), A. Fernando (Colombo, Sri Lanka), R. Wickramasinghe (Ragama, Sri Lanka)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Paediatric asthma: new insights in its prevalence, treatment and treatment failure
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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