The relationship between serum 25 hydroxy vitamin D levels and asthma in children

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-255

  Alyasin, Soheila ^a   Momen, Tooba ^a   Kashef, Sara ^b   Alipour, Abbass ^c   Amin, Reza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 83655193284     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2011.3.4.251     Document Type: Article

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