Prevalence, socio-demographic and environmental determinants of asthma in 4621 Ghanaian adults: Evidence from Wave 2 of the World Health Organization's study on global AGEing and adult health.

<h4>Background</h4>A previous multi-site study involving lower- and middle-income countries demonstrated that asthma in older adults is associated with long-term exposure to particulate matter, male gender and smoking. However, variations may occur within individual countries, which are...

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Main Authors: Justice Moses K Aheto, Emilia A Udofia, Eugene Kallson, George Mensah, Minicuci Nadia, Naidoo Nirmala, Somnath Chatterji, Paul Kowal, Richard Biritwum, Alfred E Yawson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243642