The BCG scar size in asthmatic and non-asthmatic children

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 625-628

  Rehman, Abdul ^a   Ullah, Irfan ^b  

^a QUAID E AZAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BCG VACCINATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN SCAR;

ASTHMA; BCG VACCINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 70349269135     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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