Ecological study of socio-economic indicators and prevalence of asthma in schoolchildren in urban Brazil

• Main Authors: Genser Bernd (Author), Barreto Mauricio (Author), Pujades-Rodriguez Mar (Author), da Cunha Sérgio (Author), Rodrigues Laura C (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is evidence of higher prevalence of asthma in populations of lower socio-economic status in affluent societies, and the prevalence of asthma is also very high in some Latin American countries, where societies are characterized...