Early Child Development Collection

Prevalence and risk factors of asthma in First Nations children living on reserves in Canada

2016

Senthilselvan, A., Niruban, S.J., King, M., Majaesic, C., Veugelers, P., Laing, L., & Rowe, B.H.

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This cross-sectional study uses data collected from the First Nations Regional Health Survey to explore the prevalence and determine risk factors of asthma for First Nations children aged 0-11 years living on reserve. The study found that asthma rates were similar to those of off-reserve Indigenous children and non-Indigenous children.

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Prevalence and risk factors of asthma in First Nations children living on reserves in Canada.

Senthilselvan, A., Niruban, S.J., King, M., Majaesic, C., Veugelers, P., Laing, L., & Rowe, B.H. (2016). Prevalence and risk factors of asthma in First Nations children living on reserves in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 106(8), e483-8.

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