Risk factors for asthma in adults in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil;Fatores de risco para a asma em adultos, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 863-874

  Macedo, Silvia Elaine Cardozo ^a   Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista ^a   Knorst, Marli ^b   Dias da Costa, Juvenal Soares ^a   Gigante, Denise Petrucci ^a   Olinto, Maria Teresa Anselmo ^c   Fiss, Edgar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult; Asthma; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34147180048     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2007000400014     Document Type: Article

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