[Prevalence of asthma: survey of a school population in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico].
In some areas of the Mexican Republic there had been done a few similar studies, this is going to complete the ones done before and it will help to know the prevalence of the asthma in Coatzacoalcos city. Because of confiability reasons, we used questionnaires in a directly form and taking like a patron the one used by Baeza and collaborators with some modifications. The investigation has been done in 583 students from 6 to 12 years old (309 of masculine sex and 274 feminine sex). The investigation ranges the 5.8% of the students poblation in the locality. The 34% reports asthma in some time of their life, the 44% reports asthmatic bronchitis and the 20% chronic coughs because of exercise.
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D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence