Differences in the prevalence of asthma and current wheeze between Jews and Arabs: Results from a national survey of schoolchildren in Israel

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 386-392

  Shohat, Tamy ^a,e   Green, Manfred S ^a   Davidson, Yael ^b   Livne, Irit ^c   Tamir, Rami ^d   Garty, Ben Zion ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c Israeli Ministry of Education   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SIBLING; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

EID: 0036824506     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62040-6     Document Type: Article

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