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. 2006 Jul-Aug;47(4):333-9.
doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.47.4.333.

Comorbidity between asthma attacks and internalizing disorders among Puerto Rican children at one-year follow-up

Jonathan M Feldman  1 , Alexander N Ortega, Elizabeth L McQuaid, Glorisa Canino
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Comorbidity between asthma attacks and internalizing disorders among Puerto Rican children at one-year follow-up

Jonathan M Feldman et al. Psychosomatics. 2006 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Authors examined the association between internalizing disorders and asthma attacks at 1-year follow-up among a community sample of 1,789 children and adolescents ages 5-18 years living on the island of Puerto Rico. The Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children was administered to assess DSM-IV internalizing disorders during the past year. Children with a lifetime history of asthma attacks at baseline had greater odds of having an internalizing disorder at 1-year follow-up, independent of socio-demographic measures. However, an association was not found between asthma attacks and persistence of internalizing disorders. These findings show that the association between internalizing disorders and asthma attacks was replicated 1 year later in the same sample.

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