Pediatric allergy and immunology in Turkey

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 440-448

  Celik, Gülfem ^a   Bakirtas, Arzu ^b   Sackesen, Cansin ^c   Reisli, Ismail ^d   Tuncer, Ayfer ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Health care cost; Prevalance; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ECZEMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WHEEZING;

ADULT; ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TURKEY;

EID: 79955510400     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01179.x     Document Type: Review

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