You know how it is. You pick up a book or a research, flip to the dedication, and find that, once again, the author has dedicated his research to someone else and not to you.
Not this time.
Because this time it is dedicated to you for taking a time to read this research.
To my parents: thank you for your unconditional support with my studies I am honored to have you as my parents Thank you for giving me a chance to prove and improve myself through all my life please don 't ever change. I love you
I also extend my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisors, professor Omer Abed Alaziaze and Dr. Amir you were so wonderful to me.You made believe that I had so much potential. You were very tolerant and determined to see me through . You …show more content…
It is a small village with a total population of 650.
All residents aged 13-70 years of both sexes on whom the inclusion criteria applied, were included with a total of 80. (Table 3)
Inclusion and Exclusion criteria Inclusion criteria
Subjects aged (13-70), living in the study area for more than five years and gave their consent to participate, Exclusion criteria if the Subjects were unable to perform lung function tests or was suffering from other respiratory diseases like Known cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, malignancy and drug addicts or those who are working at the refinery.
Sampling procedure: Residents who met the inclusion criteria were totally covered by house visits
Data collection and data collection tools: A modified (ISAAC) questionnaire was filled by household visits. The questionnaire covered personal data, asthma symptoms, allergies symptoms any treatment, and for some of them ISAAC video was shown to explain the meaning of wheeze. Individuals who answered yes to asthma symptom wheeze were issued a second questionnaire specially designed for asthma patients’ and then their symptoms were further validated by lung function tests. The tests were performed in 3 following visits with only 33 of the 38 asthma symptoms positive individuals accepting the