Predictors of asthma severity during the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 327-332

  Mirza, Tariq A ^a   Fillimban, Abdulwahab ^b   Maimini, Othman ^c   Khiyat, Emad Y ^c   Dhafar, Khalid O ^d   Farooq, Mian U ^c   Gazzaz, Zohair J ^c  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Directorate General of Accreditation for Health Care Institutions   (Saudi Arabia)

^c AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Directorate General of Health Affairs   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emergency department; Risk factors; Severity

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DETERGENT; PERFUME; STEROID;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DANDER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKE;

EID: 80455128524     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1085     Document Type: Article

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