Survey on the schoolchildren's bronchial asthma outbreak in jinyang community, pudong new district / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective Investigate 6 to 9-year-old Schoolchildren,from 7 primary schools in Pudong Jinyang district,for their bronchial asthma outbreak situation.Methods Ouster Survey from each sampled school.Results altogether 4895 students were surveyed,110 diagnosed sick children were found and the disease rate was 2.25%.The asthma outbreak has been found correlated with gender,age of the first onset,respiratory tract infections,allergy and Genetic factors.Conclusion The cause of asthma outbreak might be related to respiratory tract infections and the change of living environment.