Ten-year trends in prevalence of asthma in adults in southern Brazil: comparison of two population-based studies Dez anos de evolução da prevalência de asma em adultos, no Sul do Brasil: comparação de dois estudos de base populacional

There are discrepancies in the literature regarding time trends in the occurrence of asthma in adults. This study compared asthma prevalence in two cross-sectional studies with a ten-year interval in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The first, in 2000, included 1,968 individuals, and the se...

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Main Authors: Nadia Spada Fiori, Helen Gonçalves, Samuel C. Dumith, Maria Aurora Dropa Chrestani Cesar, Ana M. B. Menezes, Silvia Elaine Cardozo Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2012-01-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2012000100014