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Rates of asthma exacerbations and mortality and associated factors in Uganda: a 2-year prospective cohort study
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  • Bruce J Kirenga Makerere University Lung Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Corina de Jong GRIAC-Primary Care, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Levicatus Mugenyi Makerere University Lung Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda Center for Statistics, Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics, and Statistical Bioinformatics, Hasselt University (UHasselt), Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Winceslaus Katagira Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Abdallah Muhofa Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Moses R Kamya Makerere University Lung Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • H Marike Boezen Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Thys van der Molen GRIAC-Primary Care, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Bruce J Kirenga, Makerere University Lung Institute, Mulago Hospital, Kampala 7072, Uganda; brucekirenga{at}yahoo.co.uk
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Kirenga BJ, de Jong C, Mugenyi L, et al
Rates of asthma exacerbations and mortality and associated factors in Uganda: a 2-year prospective cohort study

Publication history

  • Received October 16, 2017
  • Revised April 6, 2018
  • Accepted April 16, 2018
  • First published May 11, 2018.
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September 01, 2022

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