Symptoms, severity and asthma control in 5-14 y-old Lebanon school children

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-151

  Waked, Mirna ^a   Salameh, Pascale ^b  

^a SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^b Faculty of Public Health   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SHORT ACTING DRUG; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MOTHERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35548949042     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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