Global asthma prevalence in adults: findings from the cross-sectional world health survey

• Principais autores: To Teresa (Autor), Stanojevic Sanja (Autor), Moores Ginette (Autor), Gershon Andrea S (Autor), Bateman Eric D (Autor), Cruz Alvaro A (Autor), Boulet Louis-Philippe (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Asthma is a major cause of disability, health resource utilization and poor quality of life world-wide. We set out to generate estimates of the global burden of asthma in adults, which may inform the development of strategies to addr...