Risk factors for asthma among primary school children in Baghdad, Iraq

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 460-466

  Al Kubaisy, Wagar ^a   Ali, Shatha H ^a   Al Thamiri, Dawood ^a  

^a AL NAHRAIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRAQ; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROWDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; IRAQ; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 17844381838     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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