Asthma cases in childhood attributed to atopy in tropical area in Brazil

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ID14965623
AutoresSérgio Souza da Cunha (0000-0002-4926-3827, Instituto de Saúde, autor de correspondencia), Maurício Lima Barreto (0000-0002-0215-4930, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Rosemeire L Fiaccone (0000-0001-5439-1551, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Philip J Cooper (0000-0002-6770-6871, St George's, University of London), Neuza Maria Alcântara-Neves, Neuza Maria Alcântara‐Neves (0000-0002-2102-260X, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Sílvia de Magalhães Simões (0000-0003-2751-7993, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Alvaro A Cruz (0000-0002-7403-3871, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Laura Cunha Rodrigues (0000-0001-9008-660X, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Año2010
Volumen28
Número6
Páginas405-411
Fecha de publicación2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1020-49892010001200001
PMID21308166
OpenAlexW1971626645
SCIELO_PIDS1020-49892010001200001
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas3

Most asthma cases in an urban underprivileged setting in Brazil were not attributable to atopy. This observation has important implications for understanding the risk factors for the asthma epidemic in Latin America

Asthma · Atopy · Environmental health · Asthma and respiratory diseases · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Medicine · Neuroscience of respiration and sleep · Immunology · Pediatrics