Prevalence and trend of self-reported asthma and other allergic disease symptoms in Morocco: ISAAC Phase I and III

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-377

  Bouayad, Z ^a   Aichane, A ^a   Afif, A ^a   Benouhoud, N ^a   Trombati, N ^a   Chan Yeung, M ^b   Aït Khaled, Nadia ^c  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; ISAAC III; Morocco; Self reported symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLERGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33645663497     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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