Asthma and the socio-economic reality in Brazil

World Allergy Organization Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Costa, Eduardo ^a   Bregman, Mauricio ^a   Araujo, V Denizar ^a   Costa, Claudia H ^a   Rufino, Rogerio ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Asthma; Health profile; Health system; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84887572604     PISSN: 19394551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1939-4551-6-20     Document Type: Article

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