Peak expiratory flow rate in Saudi school boys at Al-Khobar City, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 561-564

  Al Dawood, Kasim ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Peak expiratory flow rate; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034209299     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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