The prevalence of allergic rhinitis in adults in Aydin, Turkey

Rhinology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-287

  Başak, Okay ^a   Başak, Sema ^a   Gültekin, Berna ^a   Tekin, Nil ^a   Söylemez, Aydin ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adults; Allergic rhinitis; Prevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TURKEY;

EID: 33845960478     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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