Epidemiology of bronchial asthma among schoolboys in Al-khobar city, Saudi Arabia: Cross-sectional study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-441

  Al Dawood, Kasim ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial asthma; Cough; Cros sectional studies; Health behavior; Life style; Saudi Arabia; Smoking; Social environment; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034535864     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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