Trends in specific morbidity prevalence in male adolescents in Israel over a 50 year period and the impact of recent immigration

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-152

  Farfel, Alon ^a   Green, Manfred S ^b,c   Shochat, Tzipora ^a   Noyman, Iris ^a   Levy, Yeheskel ^a   Afek, Arnon ^a,c,d  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b Israel Center for Disease Control   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diabetes mellitus; Israel; Prevalence; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33947494512     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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