Lower prevalence and greater severity of asthma in hot and dry climate

Objective: To estimate asthma prevalence, severity, and associated factors in adolescents who live in a low relative humidity environment. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, adolescents aged 13–14 years from the city of Petrolina located in the Brazilian semiarid region answered the Internation...

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Main Authors: Marco Aurélio de Valois Correia Junior, Emanuel Sávio Cavalcanti Sarinho, José Angelo Rizzo, Silvia Wanick Sarinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002175571630095X