Prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in Sanliurfa, Turkey, and the relation to environmental and socioeconomic factors: Is the hygiene hypothesis enough?

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 290-295

  Zeyrek, C Dost ^a   Zeyrek, F ^b   Sevinc, E ^b   Demir, E ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Aegean University School of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Prevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 33750067035     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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