Allergic disease in 6- 7-year-old schoolchildren in Urmia, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1044-1053

  Rahimi Rad, M H ^a   Hamzezadeh, A ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 55149118180     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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