The prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases in a province of Turkey

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-153

  Küçüköük, Şükrü ^a   Aydin, Murat ^a   Çetinkaya, Feyzullah ^a   Dinç, Hüseyin ^a   Gürses, Nuran ^a   Saraçlar, Yildiz ^a,b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Asthma; Childhood; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TURKEY;

EID: 0030116828     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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