Asthma prevalence and severity in low-resource communities

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 188-193

  Cruz, Álvaro A ^a   Stelmach, Rafael ^b   Ponte, Eduardo V ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE JUNDIAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Environment; Epidemiology; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; URBANIZATION; WHEEZING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; POVERTY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85015877727     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000360     Document Type: Review

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