Urbanization is associated with increased asthma morbidity and mortality in Brazil

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 410-417

  Ponte, Eduardo Vieira ^a   Cruz, Alvaro A ^b   Athanazio, Rodrigo ^c   Carvalho Pinto, Regina ^c   Fernandes, Frederico L A ^c   Barreto, Mauricio L ^b   Stelmach, Rafael ^c  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE JUNDIAÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

asthma; epidemiology; hospitalization; mortality; treatment; urbanization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994460472     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12530     Document Type: Article

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