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

• Main Authors: Nadia Spada Fiori (Author), Helen Gonçalves (Author), Samuel C. Dumith (Author), Maria Aurora Dropa Chrestani Cesar (Author), Ana M. B. Menezes (Author), Silvia Elaine Cardozo Macedo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...