Exercise-induced asthma in schoolchildren. A pilot study in two Haifa districts.
The prevalence of exercise-induced asthma was studied in 313 Haifa schoolchildren, 160 living in an unpolluted urban area close to the sea and 153 living in a rural kibbutz (communal agricultural settlement) in the proximity of polluting industries. The overall prevalence was 8.6%; it was higher in the kibbutz group, but the difference was not significant. The prevalence tended to fall with increasing age and did not change with sex.
D000367:Age Factors; D000397:Air Pollution; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001250:Asthma, Exercise-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population