Asthma in Latin America
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Asthma control in Latin America: the Asthma Insights and Reality in Latin America (AIRLA) survey.
OBJECTIVES The aims of this survey were (1) to assess the quality of asthma treatment and control in Latin America, (2) to determine how closely asthma management guidelines are being followed, and (3) to assess perception, knowledge and attitudes related to asthma in Latin America. METHODS We surveyed a household sample of 2,184 adults or parents of children with asthma in 2003 in 11 countri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0040-6376,1468-3296
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207199