Prevalence of asthma - Associated symptoms in Turkish children

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Türktaş, Ipek ^a   Selçuk, Z Toros ^b   Kalyoncu, A Fuat ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Epidemiology; ISAAC; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0035230514     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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