Diet and childhood asthma in a society in transition: A study in urban and rural Saudi Arabia

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 775-779

  Hijazi, Nariman ^a   Abalkhail, Bahaa ^a   Seaton, Anthony ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Children; Diet; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033841851     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.9.775     Document Type: Article

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