The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in children of school age in Adana in Southern Turkey

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-225

  Bayram, Ibrahim ^a   Güneşer Kendirli, Seval ^a   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Altintaş, Derya Ufuk ^a   Alparslan, Nazan ^a   Bingöl Karakoç, Gülbin ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Prevalence of asthma; Prevalence of asthma in childhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 4644325812     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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