Open AccessSocioeconomic Risk Factors for Asthma in Chilean Young Adults
Author(s) -
Camila Corvalán,
Hugo Amigo,
Patricia Bustos,
Roberto J. Rona
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.048967
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , asthma , environmental health , demography , medicine , gerontology , immunology , sociology , population
We studied the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and asthma symptoms, severity of asthma, atopy, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) to methacholine.