Risk factors for asthma and allergic diseases in school children across Lebanon

Journal of Asthma and Allergy

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Waked, Mirna ^a,c   Salameh, Pascale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Allergic disease; Asthma; Eczema; Rhinitis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; ECZEMA; EXPOSURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LEBANON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTITIS; PARENTAL SMOKING; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77953391045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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