The prevalence of allergic asthma and rhinitis in children of Polichni, Thessaloniki

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 59-63

  Sichletidis, Lazaros ^a   Chloros, D ^a   Tsiotsios, I ^a   Gioulekas, D ^a   Kyriazis, G ^a   Spyratos, D ^a   Charalambidou, O ^a   Goutsikas, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Epidemiology; Greece; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; METHACHOLINE; POLLEN EXTRACT; TRAMAZOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042597537     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13059845     Document Type: Article

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