Smoking and asthma symptoms among University students

Tanaffos

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-58

  Rahimi Rad, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Rezaei, Mohammad Khaled ^a   Abdollahi, Naser ^a   Hatami, Kamran ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthma; ECRHS; Smoking; Students; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WHEEZING;

EID: 77953453121     PISSN: 17350344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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