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

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

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

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^c Ariana Hospital   (Tunisia)

^d CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

^f Bab El Oued Hospital   (Algeria)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Arab Emirates)

^h Kappa Sante   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Impact; Maghreb; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 73349138098     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(09)70024-1     Document Type: Article

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