Epidemiology of bronchial asthma among school boys in Al-Khobar city, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-66

  Al Dawood, Kasim M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0035229732     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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