Prevalence and risk factors of asthma among adolescents and their parents in Al-Ain (United Arab Emirates)

Respiration

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-111

  Alsowaidi, Shirina ^a   Abdulle, Abdishakur ^a   Bernsen, Roos ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Adolescent asthma; Asthma; Bedouins; Prevalence, asthma; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849108549     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000219248     Document Type: Article

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