Urbanisation but not biomass fuel smoke exposure is associated with asthma prevalence in four resource-limited settings

Thorax

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 154-160

  Gaviola, Chelsea ^a   Miele, Catherine H ^a   Wise, Robert A ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^b   Jaganath, Devan ^a   Miranda, J Jaime ^c,d   Bernabe Ortiz, Antonio ^c,d   Hansel, Nadia N ^a   Checkley, William ^a,b   Casas, Juan P ^e   Smith, George Davey ^e   Ebrahim, Shah ^e   García, Héctor H ^e,g   Huicho, Luis ^e,f   Málaga, Germán ^e   Montori, Víctor M ^e   Smeeth, Liam ^e   Diette, Gregory B ^f   León Velarde, Fabiola ^f   Rivera, María ^f   Sacksteder, Katherine ^g   more..

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e Cardiovascular Disease   (United States)

^f Chronic Pulmonary Disease   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL; SMOKE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERU; PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEMI URBAN AREA; SMOKE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WHEEZING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84958936956     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207584     Document Type: Article

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