Prevalence of self-reported asthma in urban and rural areas of Turkey

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 522-526

  Ekici, Aydanur ^a   Ekici, Mehmet ^a   Kocyigit, Pinar ^a   Karlidag, Ali ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

asthma; biomass smoke; frequent childhood respiratory infection; rural and urban areas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SMOKE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKE; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862870309     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2012.677893     Document Type: Article

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