The Burden of Allergic Asthma in Children: A Landscape Comparison Based on Data from Lithuanian, Latvian, and Taiwanese Populations

• Main Authors: Lawrence Shi-Shin Wu (Author), Tatjana Sjakste (Author), Raimundas Sakalauskas (Author), Brigita Sitkauskiene (Author), Natalia Paramonova (Author), Edita Gasiuniene (Author), Ren-Long Jan (Author), Jiu-Yao Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases with an increasing prevalence and financial burden worldwide. This disease affects individuals in all countries and all ethnic groups; however, prevalence rates of asthma have been reported to vary significantly between different regions....