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Urbanisation but not biomass fuel smoke exposure is associated with asthma prevalence in four resource-limited settings

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  • Chelsea Gaviola Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Catherine H Miele Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Robert A Wise Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Robert H Gilman Program in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Devan Jaganath Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J Jaime Miranda CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nadia N Hansel Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William Checkley Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Program in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr William Checkley, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1800 Orleans Ave Suite 9121, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; wcheckl1{at}jhmi.edu
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Gaviola C, Miele CH, Wise RA CRONICAS Cohort Study Group, et al
Urbanisation but not biomass fuel smoke exposure is associated with asthma prevalence in four resource-limited settings
Thorax 2016;71:154-160.

Publication history

  • Received July 17, 2015
  • Revised October 3, 2015
  • Accepted October 30, 2015
  • First published December 23, 2015.
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February 19, 2023

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