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ERIC Number: EJ546704
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
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The Free-Running Asthma Screening Test: An Approach to Screening for Exercise-Induced Asthma in Rural Alabama.
Heaman, Doris J.; Estes, Jenny
Journal of School Health, v67 n3 p83-88 Mar 1997
This study documented the prevalence of exercise-induced asthma (EIA) in rural elementary schools, examining the use of a free-running asthma screening test and peak expiratory flow-rate measurement for school screening. Results indicated that 5.7% of the students had EIA. Absenteeism and poverty were related to EIA. (SM)
Descriptors: Asthma, Attendance Patterns, Diagnostic Tests, Early Identification, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Exercise Physiology, Poverty, Rural Schools, School Health Services, Screening Tests, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Alabama
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