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Title: Prevalence of asthma and allergies in the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in Cyprus: a bi-communal cross-sectional study.
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Prevalence of asthma and allergies in children from the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in Cyprus: a bi-communal cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND The Greek-Cypriot (G/C) and Turkish-Cypriot (T/C) communities have lived apart since 1974, with the former presumably adopting a more westernized way of life. We estimated the prevalence of asthma and allergies among children in the two communities and investigated differences in socio-demographic and lifestyle risk factors. METHODS The ISAAC questionnaire was completed by 10156 ch...
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