Screening for common respiratory diseases among Israeli adolescents

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 298-300

  Dayan, Yaron Bar ^a   Elishkevits, Keren ^a   Goldstein, Liav ^a   Goldberg, Avishay ^a   Fichler, Michael ^a   Ohana, Nisim ^a   Levi, Yehezkel ^a   Dayan, Yosefa Bar ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Israel; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX DEFORMITY;

EID: 4143113733     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/529510     Document Type: Article

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