Predicting Future Asthma Morbidity in Preschool Inner-City Children
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METHODS. Baseline characteristics determined to be potential predictors of asthma severity were examined: demographics, asthma symptoms, medication use, healthcare utilization, early life medical history, family history, allergen exposure and allergic disease, and pollutant exposure. Bivariate andmultivariate analyseswere performed by using logistic regression to examine the association of predictosrs of asthma severity with healthcare utilization at 2 years.
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Predicting future asthma morbidity in preschool inner-city children.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012