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Schoolbodys in urban industrial environments: are they at increased risk of bronchial asthma? / Al Shairi, A.;Al Dawood, K.

Tác giả : Al Shairi, A.;Al Dawood, K.

Năm xuất bản : 1999

Chủ đề : 1. Asthma. 2. Environmental Health. 3. Industry. 4. Schools. 5. Urban Health.

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657-663 The objective of this cross-sectional study was to compare the prevalence of bronchial asthma among Saudi schoolboys in Yanbu Industrial City and in two non-industrial villages. In 1993, questionnaires were distributed to 375 schoolboys for completion by their parents. The prevalence of questionnaire-diagnosed asthma in Yanbu Industrial City, and in the villages of Al-Furash and Al-Gafure, was 12.6%, 4.3% and 16% respectively. The prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma in the three areas was 13.9%, 2.2% and 13.7% respectively. There was no significant difference between the two methods of diagnosis

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