The Program for the Prevention of Childhood Asthma: a specialized care program for children with wheezing or asthma in Brazil

Objective : To present the Programa Infantil de Prevenção de Asma (PIPA, Program for the Prevention of Childhood Asthma) and the characteristics of the patients followed in this program. Methods : Implemented in the city of Uruguaiana, Brazil, PIPA has as its target population children and adolesce...

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Main Authors: Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira, Jennifer Avila, Dirceu Solé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2016-02-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132016000100042&lng=en&tlng=en