Low income as a protective factor against asthma in children and adolescents treated via the Brazilian Unified Health System;Baixa renda como fator de proteção contra asma em crianças e adolescentes usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 251-255

  De Britto, Murilo Carlos Amorim ^a   Freire, Emilses Fernandes De Carvalho ^b   Bezerra, Patrícia Gomes De Matos ^a   De Brito, Rita De Cássia Coelho Moraes ^a,c   Rego, Joakim Da Cunha ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Centro Integrado de Saúde Amaury de Medeiros CISAM   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Asthma; Case control studies; Child; National health programs Brazil; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349103331     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132008000500002     Document Type: Article

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