Prevalence of asthma and respiratory symptoms among university students in Sari (North of Iran)

Tanaffos

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Mohammadi, Moslem ^a   Parsi, Behzad ^b   Majd, Naghi Shahabi ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult; Asthma; Prevalence; Pulmonary function test; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED COUGHING; EXERCISE INDUCED WHEEZING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REST; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

EID: 84977117998     PISSN: 17350344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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