Incidence of bronchial asthma in a children hospital, Jeddah

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 526-530

  Milaat, Waleed A ^a,c   Al Judaibi, Amin H ^b   Koshak, Emada ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asthma in developing countries; Asthmatic attacks; Emergency room; Epidemiology of asthma; Temperature in asthma

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844387707     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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