Awareness about childhood asthma
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چکیده
Asthma is increasing worldwide secondary to both increasing access to healthcare with more and more asthma recognition and to urbanization. Asthma in children is different from adult with multiple phenotypes and variable natural course. It is frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated that result in poor quality of life in children and their parents. Asthma in children has significant socio-economic impact on the families because of direct treatment cost and indirect cost due to missed school days, hospitalization and lost days in parent’s job1.
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دوره 145 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017