Prevalence of chronic bronchitis-asthma symptoms in biomass fuel exposed females

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-17

  Uzun, Kürşat ^a   Özbay, Bülent ^a   Ceylan, Erkan ^a   Gencer, Mehmet ^a   Zehir, Ismail ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Biomass fuel; Chronic bronchitis (CB); Quastionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; FUEL;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WHEEZING;

EID: 0037357956     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02897938     Document Type: Article

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