Prevalence of childhood asthma, rhinitis, and eczema in the Ternopil region of Ukraine - Results of BUPAS study

Advances in Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 282-289

  Fedortsiv, O ^a   Brozek, G M ^b   Luchyshyn, N ^a   Kubey, I ^a   Lawson, J A ^c   Rennie, D C ^c   Zejda, J E ^b  

^a I HORBACHEVSKY TERNOPIL NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Asthma; Children; Underdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEATING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; UKRAINE; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

EID: 84879631872     PISSN: 18961126     EISSN: 18984002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10039-012-0034-6     Document Type: Article

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