Peak expiratory flow rate in a sample of normal Saudi males at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-27

  Al Taweel, Ahmed A ^a   Kalantan, Khalid A ^a   Ghani, Hamza A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Peak expiratory flow rate; Saudi Arabia.

Indexed keywords

EID: 4844224235     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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