Asthma in Africa

A new survey shows a recent increase in the prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in children in Ghana. Wjst and Boakye put this survey into context through a discussion of the epidemiology of asthma in Africa.

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Autores principales: Wjst, Matthias, Boakye, Daniel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
Materias:
Essay
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1808099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17326712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040072
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spelling pubmed-18080992007-03-03 Asthma in Africa Wjst, Matthias Boakye, Daniel PLoS Med Essay A new survey shows a recent increase in the prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in children in Ghana. Wjst and Boakye put this survey into context through a discussion of the epidemiology of asthma in Africa. Public Library of Science 2007-02 2007-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC1808099/ /pubmed/17326712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040072 Text en © 2007 Wjst and Boakye. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1808099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17326712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040072
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