Population prevalence of asthma and its determinants based on European Community Respiratory Health Survey in the United Arab Emirates

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mahboub, Bassam H ^a   Al Hammadi, Suleiman ^b   Rafique, Mohamed ^a   Sulaiman, Nabil ^c   Pawankar, Ruby ^d   Al Redha, Abdulla I ^e   Mehta, Atul C ^f  

^a RASHID HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e Al Baraha Hospital ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

^f SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; COUGHING; HAY FEVER; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84856894607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-12-4     Document Type: Article

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