Asthma and geographical altitude: An inverse relationship in mexico

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 511-517

  Vargas, Mario H ^a   Sienra Monge, Juan J ^b   Díaz Mejía, Guillermo ^b   Deleón González, Maximiliano ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Altitude; Asthma epidemiology; Asthma prevalence; Elevation; Geography

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASTHMA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEXICO; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA;

EID: 0032823824     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909909054557     Document Type: Article

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