Rising trends in the prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases among school children in the north-west coastal part of Croatia

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 810-814

  Banac, Srdan ^a   Rožmanić, Vojko ^b   Manestar, Koraljka ^b   Korotaj Rožmanić, Zrinka ^a   Lah Tomulić, Kristina ^a   Vidović, Ivana ^b   Šerer, Marta ^b   Švraka, Nastasja ^b   Petrić, Tamara ^b  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Child; Eczema; Epidemiology; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROATIA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASHORE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84884250854     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2013.803115     Document Type: Article

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