Asthma and other allergic diseases in 13-14-year-old schoolchildren in Urmia: An ISAAC study

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1005-1016

  Rahimi Rad, M H ^a   Hejazi, M E ^b   Behrouzian, R ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; VIDEORECORDING; WHEEZING;

EID: 37849039170     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2007.13.5.1005     Document Type: Article

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