Open AccessDo Risk Factors for Childhood Infections and Malnutrition Protect Against Asthma? A Study of Brazilian Male Adolescents
Author(s) -
Rosângela da Costa Lima,
César G. Victora,
Ana Maria B. Menezes,
Fernando C. Barros
Publication year - 2003
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.93.11.1858
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , hygiene hypothesis , environmental health , socioeconomic status , malnutrition , hygiene , cohort study , population , pediatrics , cohort , breastfeeding , demography , immunology , pathology , sociology
We studied the association between early life conditions and asthma in adolescence.