Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 1647-1650 , September 2006

Tuberculosis and atopy: A study in an endemic area

  • F.Y. Anlar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics/Allergy, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +903124261669; fax: +903124277907.
    • ,
  • E. Kabasakal

      Affiliations

    • Center for Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Samsun, Turkey
    • ,
  • R. Karşi

      Affiliations

    • Center for Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Samsun, Turkey

Received 8 October 2005 ,Accepted 4 January 2006.

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PII: S0954-6111(06)00008-4

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.01.003

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 1647-1650 , September 2006

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