Prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema among lebanese adolescents

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 382-387

  Musharrafieh, Umayya ^a   Al Sahab, Ban ^b   Zaitoun, Fares ^a   El Hajj, Maria Atoui ^a   Ramadan, Fuad ^a   Tamim, Hala ^b,c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Allergy; Asthma; Eczema; Lebanon; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RHINITIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67649801535     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900902777775     Document Type: Article

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