Prevalence of asthma in Jordan: Comparison between Bedouins and urban schoolchildren using the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood phase III protocol

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-185

  Abu Ekteish, Faisal ^a   Otoom, Sameer ^a   Shehabi, Iman ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Princess Basma Teaching Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bedouins; Children; ISAAC; Jordan; Prevalence; Socioeconomic; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; URBAN POPULATION; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGE; ARAB; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARABS; ASTHMA; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67650501499     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2009.30.3208     Document Type: Article

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