The Peru urban versus rural asthma (PURA) study: Methods and baseline quality control data from a cross-sectional investigation into the prevalence, severity, genetics, immunology and environmental factors affecting asthma in adolescence in Peru

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Robinson, Colin L ^a   Baumann, Lauren M ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^b,c,d   Romero, Karina ^c   Combe, Juan Manuel ^c   Cabrera, Lilia ^c   Hansel, Nadia N ^a,b   Barnes, Kathleen ^a   Gonzalvez, Guillermo ^d   Wise, Robert A ^a,b   Breysse, Patrick N ^b   Checkley, William ^a,b,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^d CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERU; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84859034524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000421     Document Type: Article

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