Characterization of autopsy-proven fatal asthma patients in São Paulo, Brazil Caracterización de los pacientes fallecidos por asma certificada por autopsia en São Paulo, Brasil

Characterization of autopsy-proven fatal asthma patients in São Paulo, Brazil Caracterización de los pacientes fallecidos por asma certificada por autopsia en São Paulo, Brasil

Few data are available on autopsy-proven fatal asthma patients in São Paulo, Brazil. We characterized 73 asthma patients who were autopsied at the Serviço de Verificação de Óbitos da Universidade de São Paulo between 1996 and 2004. An interview with the next of kin assessed socioeconomic status, his...

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Main Authors: Thais Mauad, Diogenes S. Ferreira, Maria Beatriz G. Costa, Bianca B. Araujo, Luiz Fernando F. Silva, Milton A. Martins, Sally E. Wenzel, Marisa Dolhnikoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2008-06-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Asma
mortalidad
autopsia
características de la población
factores socioeconómicos
esteroides
Brasil
Asthma
autopsy
socioeconomic factors
Brazil
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