Prevalence of symptoms of asthma and allergies in schoolchildren in Gondar town and its vicinity, Northwest Ethiopia

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 427-432

  Hailu, Sirak ^a   Tessema, Tesfaye ^a   Silverman, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Allergy; Asthma; Child

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM; ECZEMA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 0038012648     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10215     Document Type: Article

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