Pattern and risk factors associated with hospital emergency visits among schoolboys with bronchial asthma in Al-Khobar

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 29-33

  Al Dawood, Kasim M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Emergency visit

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FAMILY; FATHER; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036055676     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.29     Document Type: Article

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