A relatively high prevalence and severity of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic eczema in schoolchildren in the Sultanate of Oman

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-76

  Al Riyami, Bazdawi M S ^a   Al Rawas, Omar A S ^a   Al Riyami, Asiya A ^b   Jasim, Lyla G ^b   Mohammed, Ali J ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Eczema; International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood; Oman; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037366264     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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