Asthma has emerged as an important public health problem in many Latin American
countries over the past decade. In Brazil and Costa Rica, the prevalence of asthma and …

Background Data from long-term follow-up studies of patients with well-characterized
asthma are limited. We studied all-cause and cause-specific mortality and risk factors in a …

Background Statistical models are increasingly being used to estimate and project the
prevalence and burden of asthma. Given substantial variations in these estimates, there is a …

Objective. Mortality from asthma has varied among countries during the last several
decades. This study aimed to identify temporal trends of asthma mortality in Brazil from 1980 …

Objective: To evaluate asthma mortality among Brazilian children up to 19 years old in 1980
to 2007. Methods: This ecological time-series study used the database of the Brazilian …

Аллергические болезни относятся к наиболее распространенным хроническим
заболеваниям. В мире насчитывается около 300 миллионов больных …

Objective: To estimate asthma mortality rates in Brazil for the period 1980-2012. Methods:
On the basis of data from the Brazilian National Ministry of Health Mortality Database, we …

Introduction. In the past few years, deaths due to asthma appear to decrease at least in
Western countries; but there are significant variations between populations. The aim of this …

Mortality from asthma has decreased in many countries since the 1990s. Mortality statistics
are usually based only on the underlying cause of death. The objectives of this study were to …

OBJETIVO: Avaliar, pela primeira vez, as características de pacientes com asma aguda que
morreram durante a hospitalização na Espanha e na América Latina, bem como avaliar …