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Risk factors for asthma among schoolchildren who participated in a case-control study in urban Uganda
Data on asthma aetiology in Africa are scarce. We investigated the risk factors for asthma among schoolchildren (5–17 years) in urban Uganda. We conducted a case-control study, among 555 cases and 1115 controls. Asthma was diagnosed by study clinicians. The main risk factors for asthma were tertiary...
Autores principales: | Mpairwe, Harriet, Namutebi, Milly, Nkurunungi, Gyaviira, Tumwesige, Pius, Nambuya, Irene, Mukasa, Mike, Onen, Caroline, Nnaluwooza, Marble, Apule, Barbara, Katongole, Tonny, Oduru, Gloria, Kahwa, Joseph, Webb, Emily L, Lubyayi, Lawrence, Pearce, Neil, Elliott, Alison M |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6914334/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31729315 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.49496 |
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