Prevalence of asthma, rhinitis, and eczema in northern Thai children from Chiang Mai (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood, ISAAC)

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 243-246

  Trakultivakorn, Muthita ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CHILD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SEASONS; THAILAND;

EID: 0032738450     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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