Asthma-like symptoms prevalence in five Turkish urban centers

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 270-276

  Emri, S ^a   Turnagol H ^a   Basoglu S ^a   Bacanli, S ^a   Guven, G S ^a   Aslan, D ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Prevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA;

EID: 28844508786     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13080930     Document Type: Article

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