Prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis among school children of Karachi, Pakistan, 2007

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-90

  Hasnain, Syed Muhammad ^a   Khan, Muneeba ^b   Saleem, Asma ^b   Waqar, Muhammad Anwar ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Bronchial asthma; Epidemiology; Karachi; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AIR CONDITIONING; HAY FEVER; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; AIR CONDITIONING; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 60549116554     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802513023     Document Type: Article

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