The prevalence of bronchial asthma among high school pupils in Holon (Israel).
Three-thousand-and-fifty-one high school pupils aged between 14 and 18 years were examined in the Holon area (central Israel), during the years 1985-1989. Four-hundred-and-fifty-eight had previous recurrent episodes of wheezing (15.01 +/- 2.4 per cent). Two-hundred-and-seventy-five adolescents had suffered from bronchospasm crisis over the last 12 months (9 +/- 0.80 per cent) and were diagnosed as active asthmatics.
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E. Wolfson Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence