Asthma insights and reality in Turkey (AIRET) study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1850-1854

  Sekerel, Bulent E ^a   Gemicioglu, Bilun ^b   Soriano, Joan B ^c,d,e  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Program of Epidemiology   (Spain)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma control; Asthma severity; Epidemiology; GINA; Inhaled corticosteroids; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TURKEY;

EID: 33748592573     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.01.024     Document Type: Article

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