The frequency of wheezing phenotypes and risk factors for persistence in aegean region of Turkey

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-93

  Yuksel, Hasan ^a,b   Sakar, Aysin ^a   Dinç, Gonul ^a   Yilmaz, Ozge ^a   Gozmen, Salih ^a   Yorgancioglu, Arzu ^a   Ozcan, Cemil ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pulmonology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Persistent wheezing; Prevalence; Wheezing phenotypes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 33947304952     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900601180560     Document Type: Article

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