• DOI:10.1097/ACI.0000000000000360
Corpus ID: 6018699

Asthma prevalence and severity in low-resource communities

@article{Cruz2017AsthmaPA,
  title={Asthma prevalence and severity in low-resource communities},
  author={{\'A}. Cruz and R. Stelmach and E. Ponte},
  journal={Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology},
  year={2017},
  volume={17},
  pages={188–193}
}

Á. Cruz, R. Stelmach, E. Ponte

Published 2017

Medicine

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Purpose of review The prevalence of asthma was thought to be low in most low-income countries, but several reports have indicated this is not always true. This is a narrative review of recent publications on the burden of asthma in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) and underprivileged communities from developed countries. Recent findings Several studies have reported a low prevalence of asthma is LMIC, but indicate it is increasing. In the last few years, however, many surveys demonstrated… CONTINUE READING

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