Bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Research activity in Arab countries

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sweileh, Waleed M ^a   Al Jabi, Samah W ^a   Zyoud, Sa'ed H ^a   Sawalha, Ansam F ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Arab countries; Bronchial asthma; COPD; Scopus

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BAHRAIN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMOROS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DJIBOUTI; EGYPT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; IRAN; IRAQ; ISRAEL; JAPAN; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAURITANIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOROCCO; OMAN; PALESTINE; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SOMALIA; SUDAN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YEMEN;

EID: 84938098708     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-9-38     Document Type: Article

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