Prevalence of asthma in North Africa: the Asthma Insights and Reality in the Maghreb (AIRMAG) study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Nafti, Salim ^a   Taright, Samya ^b   El Ftouh, Mustapha ^c   Yassine, Najiba ^d   Benkheder, Ali ^e   Bouacha, Hend ^f   Fakhfakh, Hachemi ^g   Ali Khoudja, Moufida ^g   Texier, Nathalie ^h   El Hasnaoui, Abdelkader ^g  

^a CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

^b Bab El Oued Hospital   (Algeria)

^c IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^d IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^e Ariana Hospital   (Tunisia)

^f CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Arab Emirates)

^h Kappa Sante   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Maghreb; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCREENING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUNISIA; URBAN AREA; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349122326     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(09)70022-8     Document Type: Article

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