The prevalence of allergic diseases in primary school children in Edirne, Turkey

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 262-269

  Toros Selcuk Z ^a   Caglar T ^b   Enunlu T ^a   Topal, T ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

allergy; paediatric asthma; prevalence

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; TURKEY;

EID: 8044257124     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb00704.x     Document Type: Article

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