The impact of Vitamin D deficiency on asthma, allergic rhinitis and wheezing in children: An emerging public health problem

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 154-161

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   Ehlayel, Mohammad S ^a,b   Bener, Hale Z ^a,b   Hamid, Qutayba ^d  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Children; Predictors; Qatar; Vitamin D; wheezing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930542254     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.142967     Document Type: Article

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