Trends in asthma mortality in Brazil in the 0-4 and 5-34-year age groups
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Methods Data on asthma mortality were obtained from the Mortality Information System SIM/DATASUS (Departamento de Informática do SUS – Brazilian Health System Database), using the International Classification of Diseases codes J45 and J46 for the period from 1980 to 2010. An ecological time-series study was conducted to analyze time trends in standardized mortality rates of asthma, using regression models for the 0-4 and 5-34year age groups.
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Trends in asthma mortality in the 0- to 4-year and 5- to 34-year age groups in Brazil
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