The Latin American exception: Why is childhood asthma so prevalent in Brazil?;A exceção Latino-Americana: Por que a asma na infância é tão prevalente no Brasil?

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 319-321

  Pearce, Neil ^a   Douwes, Jeroen ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; BRAZIL; EDITORIAL; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ASTHMA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAZIL; CHILD; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749519024     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1538     Document Type: Editorial

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