Asthma among Turkish and German school children: Prevalence, severity and management;Asthma bronchiale bei turkischen und deutschen schulkindern: Haufigkeit, schweregrad und behandlung

Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 328-332

  Kabesch, M ^a   Schaal, W ^a   Nicolai, T ^a   Von Mutius, E ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Turkish children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT;

EID: 0032925316     PISSN: 00269298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001120050430     Document Type: Article

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