The first camps in Turkey for asthmatic children: Six years' experience

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 222-226

  Öneş, Ülker ^a   Sapan, Nihat ^b   Yazicioǧlu, Mehtap ^c   Güler, Nermin ^a   Tamay, Zeynep ^a   Somer, Ayper ^a   Canitez, Yakup ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma camp; Children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIROMETRY; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TURKEY;

EID: 27544500761     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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