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Prevalence and factors associated with asthma among adolescents and adults in Uganda: a general population based survey

BACKGROUND: Recent large-scale population data on the prevalence of asthma and its risk factors are lacking in Uganda. This survey was conducted to address this data gap. METHODS: A general population based survey was conducted among people ≥12 years. A questionnaire was used to collect participants...

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Autores principales:	Kirenga, Bruce J., de Jong, Corina, Katagira, Winceslaus, Kasozi, Samuel, Mugenyi, Levicatus, Boezen, Marike, van der Molen, Thys, Kamya, Moses R.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6387513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30795752 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6562-2

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