Differences in asthma between rural and urban communities in South Africa and other developing countries

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 106-107

  Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a   Cooper, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASTHMA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECUADOR; EDITORIAL; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCABIES; SKIN TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WHEEZING;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; ASTHMA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 73349108095     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.10.068     Document Type: Editorial

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