Factors responsible for asthma and rhinitis among Kuwaiti schoolchildren

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-298

  Abal, A T ^a   Ayed, A ^a   Nair, P C M G ^b   Mosawi, M ^b   Behbehani, N ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Asthma; Der p 1 levels; Dermatophagoides; House dust mite; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SNEEZING; WHEEZING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 77953222364     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000312716     Document Type: Article

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