| The prevalence of asthma in children: a reversing trend. | |
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PMID: 16204595 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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In several countries it has been observed that there has been no further increase in the prevalence of asthma. This study aimed to look at asthma prevalence in children during the past 15-30 years in The Netherlands. Both general practice registration (Continuous Morbidity Registration, Nijmegen) and surveys of the public health service in Limburg (Southern parts of the Netherlands) were used for this purpose. The general practice registration showed that after a five-fold increase in asthma prevalence during the 1980s and 1990s a downward trend seemed to occur around the turn of the century. The public health service confirms a clear decrease in wheezing and dyspnoea in children during the late 1990s. Thus far, there has been no satisfactory explanation for this observation. |
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Authors:
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C P van Schayck; H A Smit |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology Volume: 26 ISSN: 0903-1936 ISO Abbreviation: Eur. Respir. J. Publication Date: 2005 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-10-05 Completed Date: 2006-04-04 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8803460 Medline TA: Eur Respir J Country: Denmark |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 647-50 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Dept of General Practice, University Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. onno.vanschayck@hag.unimaas.nl |
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Adolescent Adult Age Factors Asthma / epidemiology* Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Netherlands / epidemiology Prevalence Registries* |
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Comment In:
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Eur Respir J. 2006 Feb;27(2):434-5; author reply 435-6
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