Journal article
Asthma Mortality in Southern Brazil: Is There a Changing Trend?
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Mortality from asthma increased during the last decades but is now declining in some countries. Little is known about this trend in Brazil.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine the trends in asthma mortality in Southern Brazil.
Authors
Chatkin G; Chatkin JM; Fritscher CC; Cavalet-Blanco D; Bittencourt HR; Sears MR
Journal
Journal of Asthma, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 133–136
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
January 2007
DOI
10.1080/02770900601182483
ISSN
0277-0903