Open AccessPrevalence and factors associated with adult bronchial asthma in Aseer region, Southwestern Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Badr Rashed Al Ghamdi,
Emad A. Koshak,
Hussein Ageely,
Fakhreldin Mohamed Omer,
Nabil J. Awadalla,
Ahmed A. Mahfouz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_67_19
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma
Bronchial asthma (BA) is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases in Saudi Arabia (SA). Most of the studies investigating the prevalence of BA in SA have focused on children and its exact prevalence in adults is unknown.