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The Free-Running Asthma Screening Test: An Approach to Screening for Exercise-Induced Asthma in Rural Alabama.
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Heaman, Doris J.; Estes, Jenny – Journal of School Health, 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