Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of adolescent asthma in urban Latin America: an ecological analysis

Abstract The prevalence of asthma is high in urban areas of many Latin-American countries where societies show high levels of inequality and different levels of development. This study aimed to examine the relationship between asthma symptoms prevalence in adolescents living in Latin American urban...

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Main Authors: Gisel Lorena Fattore, Carlos Antonio de Souza Teles Santos, Mauricio Lima Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2015-11-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2015001302367&lng=en&tlng=en