Risk factors of spontaneous pneumothorax in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 338-342

  Ayed, Adel K ^a,b   Bazerbashi, Samer ^b   Ben Nakhi, Muneera ^b   Chandrasekran, Chezhian ^b   Sukumar, Murgan ^b   Al Rowayeh, Aiman ^b   Al Othman, Mohammed ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Chest Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Smoking; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33746910620     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094266     Document Type: Article

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