Regional inequalities in the prevalence of asthma diagnosis in children: An analysis of the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey, 2003;Desigualdades regionais na prevalência de diagnóstico de asma em crianças: Uma análise da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios, 2003

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1839-1852

  Wehrmeister, Fernando César ^a   Peres, Karen Glazer de Anselmo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Health inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149397187     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2010000900017     Document Type: Article

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