Altitude and bronchial asthma in south-western Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Al Ghamdi, B R ^a   Mahfouz, A A ^a   Abdelmoneim, I ^a   Khan, M Y ^a   Daffallah, A A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEATING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEA LEVEL; SHEEP; SYMPTOM; WOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SHEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOOD;

EID: 44449149261     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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