Smoking and asthma in 20-44-year-old adults in Urmia, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-16

  Rahimi Rad, M H ^a   Gaderi Pakdel, F ^a   Salari Lak, S ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 44449140948     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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