Prevalence of asthma and respiratory diseases in schools in Bouake (Ivory Coast) : preliminary results
Roudaut, M.; Meda, A.H.; Seka, A.; Fadiga, D.; Pigearias, B.; Akoto, A.
Medecine Tropicale Revue du Corps de Sante Colonial 52(3): 279-283
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-682X PMID: 1331695 Document Number: 391545
Using an auto-administered questionnaire, a cluster sample survey was carried out in January 1990 among 2433 secondary schoolchildren in Bouake (Cote d'Ivoire). The prevalence rate of asthma was fairly high (10.8%), as well as that of wheezing (19.8%), dyspnea (42.8%), broncho-pulmonary diseases (25.8%) and smoking habit (14.5%). The results are discussed with regard to the published data.