Epidemiology of asthma and associated factors in an urban Pakistani population: adult asthma study-Karachi

Epidemiology of asthma and associated factors in an urban Pakistani population: adult asthma study-Karachi

Abstract Background This study was conducted in order to determine the prevalence of asthma and associated risk factors in the adult population of Karachi, Pakistan. Methods This multi-stage, cross-sectional survey was conducted from May 2014–August 2015; comprising 1629 adults in 75 randomly select...

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Main Authors: Shama Razzaq, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Unaib Rabbani, Muhammad Irfan, Shahla Naeem, Muhammad Arslan Khan, Zafar Fatmi, Peter Burney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Asthma
Adult
Epidemiology
Risk factors
Spirometry
Pakistan
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0753-y

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