Prevalence of asthma symptoms among the adult population in the city of Mashhad (north-east of Iran)

Respirology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-272

  Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Kolahdoz, Gholam Hassan ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult population; Allergy; Asthma prevalence; Family history

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; METHYLXANTHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COUGHING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036739987     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2002.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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