childhood asthma
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchildhoodandasthma
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childhood
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/us/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/
the time when someone is ...
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asthma
noun[U]
uk/ˈæs.mə/us/ˈæz.mə/
a medical condition that makes breathing difficult by causing the air passages to become narrow ...
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(Definition ofchildhoodandasthmafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This study reports 1,217 cases ofchildhoodasthma, which equals approximately 0.5 per cent of the total child population in the study area.
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Risk ofchildhoodasthmaand allergic rhinitis in relation to pregnancy complications.
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A longitudinal, population-based, cohort study ofchildhoodasthmafollowed to adulthood.
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We consider this our mid-value estimate for a non-severe (self-reported) case ofchildhoodasthma, and assume high and low values to be twice and one-half the mid-value, respectively.
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There has been a rapid increase inchildhoodasthma.
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We attach particular importance to maintaining the improvements made in child health and are concerned by the increase in reported cases ofchildhoodasthma.
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Phase one measured the prevalence ofchildhoodasthma, hayfever and atopic eczema for international comparisons.
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Phase one measured the prevalence ofchildhoodasthma, hay fever and atopic eczema for international comparisons.
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Childhoodasthmais a particular problem in my constituency.
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There is a big increase, for example, inchildhoodasthmaand in related chest and skin problems at present.
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I was a victim ofchildhoodasthmaand grew up in the 1950s, when my parents and almost everyone else, including people who came to the house, smoked.
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Funds are now urgently needed for research into breast cancer, heart disease,childhoodasthma, failing eyesight in the elderly, cystic fibrosis, infertility and brain damage in infants.
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High levels of heavy metals appear to be causing increased cancer and infant mortality rates, andchildhoodasthma.
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Emissions from these sources can cause respiratory disease,childhoodasthma, cancer, and other health problems.
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