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Burden of asthma among children in a developing megacity: childhood asthma study, Pakistan.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 1 Nov 2014
Khan Adeel Ahmed, Tanzil Sana, Jamali Tanzil, Shahid Afshan, Naeem Shahla, Sahito Ambreen, Siddiqui Fraz Anwar, Nafees Asaad Ahmed, Fatmi Zafar
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OBJECTIVES: Global burden of childhood asthma has increased in the past few decades, particularly in low-income countries. In Pakistan, there is a lack of community-based epidemiological studies estimating the burden of asthma among children. This study determined the prevalence and predictors of asthma among children 3-17 years of age in Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS: A two-stage community-based representative...
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