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Latino populations: a unique opportunity for epidemiological research of asthma.
Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology - 1 Nov 2007
Salari Keyan, Burchard Esteban González
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a significant health problem among Latinos, the largest minority population in the US. Asthma prevalence, morbidity and mortality are highest in Puerto Ricans, intermediate in Dominicans and Cubans, and lowest in Mexicans and Central Americans. From a cultural and social perspective, Latinos represent a wide variety of national origins and ethnic and cultural groups, with a full spectrum of social...
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