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Pediatric asthma and its relation to socio-demographic factors in Baghdad / Waqar Al -Kubaisy, Shatha Hussain Ali. and Dawood Al – Thamiri

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of children, causing a huge burden on family and society It‟s prevalence has risen sharply over the past 30 years in many parts of the world with large geographical variations. However, in Iraq there is no national database which could be obtained. D...

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Main Authors: Al -Kubaisy, Waqar, Hussain Ali., Shatha, Al – Thamiri, Dawood
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2017
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RC Internal Medicine
Immunologic diseases. Allergy
Specialties of internal medicine
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29781/1/AJ_WAQAR%20AL-KUBAISY%20AJE-BS%20B%2017.pdf
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https://aje-bs.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajE-Bs/article/view/212
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spelling my.uitm.ir.297812020-04-18T15:01:20Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29781/ Pediatric asthma and its relation to socio-demographic factors in Baghdad / Waqar Al -Kubaisy, Shatha Hussain Ali. and Dawood Al – Thamiri Al -Kubaisy, Waqar Hussain Ali., Shatha Al – Thamiri, Dawood RC Internal Medicine Immunologic diseases. Allergy Specialties of internal medicine Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of children, causing a huge burden on family and society It‟s prevalence has risen sharply over the past 30 years in many parts of the world with large geographical variations. However, in Iraq there is no national database which could be obtained. Due to the increasing number of cases and the burden of this health problem we investigated the sociodemographic and other risk factors related to asthma among primary school children. Modified ISAAC questionnaires were completed by the parents of 2262 children randomly chosen. We found males having higher rat of asthma Bing male be more at risk of developing asthma steadily increasing (27.4%), (28.3%)and (39.5%) with increased (CR) crowding rate (<3, 5 - 5,and >5) respectively. only CR of >5 acts as a significant risk factor for asthma. Urbanization acts as significant risk for developing asthma. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2017-07 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29781/1/AJ_WAQAR%20AL-KUBAISY%20AJE-BS%20B%2017.pdf Al -Kubaisy, Waqar and Hussain Ali., Shatha and Al – Thamiri, Dawood (2017) Pediatric asthma and its relation to socio-demographic factors in Baghdad / Waqar Al -Kubaisy, Shatha Hussain Ali. and Dawood Al – Thamiri. Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies, 2 (4). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2514-751X https://aje-bs.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajE-Bs/article/view/212
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topic RC Internal Medicine
Immunologic diseases. Allergy
Specialties of internal medicine
spellingShingle RC Internal Medicine
Immunologic diseases. Allergy
Specialties of internal medicine
Al -Kubaisy, Waqar
Hussain Ali., Shatha
Al – Thamiri, Dawood
Pediatric asthma and its relation to socio-demographic factors in Baghdad / Waqar Al -Kubaisy, Shatha Hussain Ali. and Dawood Al – Thamiri
description Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of children, causing a huge burden on family and society It‟s prevalence has risen sharply over the past 30 years in many parts of the world with large geographical variations. However, in Iraq there is no national database which could be obtained. Due to the increasing number of cases and the burden of this health problem we investigated the sociodemographic and other risk factors related to asthma among primary school children. Modified ISAAC questionnaires were completed by the parents of 2262 children randomly chosen. We found males having higher rat of asthma Bing male be more at risk of developing asthma steadily increasing (27.4%), (28.3%)and (39.5%) with increased (CR) crowding rate (<3, 5 - 5,and >5) respectively. only CR of >5 acts as a significant risk factor for asthma. Urbanization acts as significant risk for developing asthma.
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author Al -Kubaisy, Waqar
Hussain Ali., Shatha
Al – Thamiri, Dawood
author_facet Al -Kubaisy, Waqar
Hussain Ali., Shatha
Al – Thamiri, Dawood
author_sort Al -Kubaisy, Waqar
title Pediatric asthma and its relation to socio-demographic factors in Baghdad / Waqar Al -Kubaisy, Shatha Hussain Ali. and Dawood Al – Thamiri
title_short Pediatric asthma and its relation to socio-demographic factors in Baghdad / Waqar Al -Kubaisy, Shatha Hussain Ali. and Dawood Al – Thamiri
title_full Pediatric asthma and its relation to socio-demographic factors in Baghdad / Waqar Al -Kubaisy, Shatha Hussain Ali. and Dawood Al – Thamiri
title_fullStr Pediatric asthma and its relation to socio-demographic factors in Baghdad / Waqar Al -Kubaisy, Shatha Hussain Ali. and Dawood Al – Thamiri
title_full_unstemmed Pediatric asthma and its relation to socio-demographic factors in Baghdad / Waqar Al -Kubaisy, Shatha Hussain Ali. and Dawood Al – Thamiri
title_sort pediatric asthma and its relation to socio-demographic factors in baghdad / waqar al -kubaisy, shatha hussain ali. and dawood al – thamiri
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor
publishDate 2017
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29781/1/AJ_WAQAR%20AL-KUBAISY%20AJE-BS%20B%2017.pdf
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29781/
https://aje-bs.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajE-Bs/article/view/212
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