Prevalence of asthma and respiratory symptoms by age, gender and smoking behaviour in Samsun, North Anatolia Turkey

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 322-329

  Hamzaçebi, Hasan ^b   Ünsal, Meftun ^a,c   Kayhan, Servet ^b   Bilgin, Salih ^b   Ercan, Saliha ^b  

^a niversitesi Lojmanlari   (Turkey)

^b Hospital of Chest Diseases   (Turkey)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cough; Prevalence; Smoking; Turkey; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WHEEZING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENDER IDENTITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TURKEY;

EID: 33847044035     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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