A community study of factors related to poorly controlled asthma among Brazilian urban children.

Asthma constitutes a serious public health problem in many regions of the world, including the city of Salvador, State of Bahia-Brazil. The purpose of this study was to analyse the factors associated with poor asthma control.Two definitions were used for asthma: 1) wheezing in the last 12 months; 2)...

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Main Authors: Silvia de Magalhães Simões, Sergio S da Cunha, Álvaro A Cruz, Karen Conceição Dias, Neuza M Alcântara-Neves, Leila D Amorim, Laura C Rodrigues, Maurício L Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3365022?pdf=render