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Urbanisation and asthma in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the urban–rural differences in asthma prevalence

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  • Alejandro Rodriguez Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Salud y la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador Fundación Ecuatoriana para la Investigación en Salud, Quito, Ecuador PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Elizabeth Brickley Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Laura Rodrigues Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rebecca Alice Normansell Population Health Research Institute, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mauricio Barreto Instituto de Saude Coletiva, Universidad Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil Centrode de Integração de Dados e Conhecimentos para Saúde (CIDACS), FIOCRUZ, Salvador, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Philip J Cooper Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Salud y la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador Fundación Ecuatoriana para la Investigación en Salud, Quito, Ecuador Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George’s University of London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Alejandro Rodriguez, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Salud y la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador; rorodriguezal{at}uide.edu.ec
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Rodriguez A, Brickley E, Rodrigues L, et al
Urbanisation and asthma in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the urban–rural differences in asthma prevalence
Thorax 2019;74:1020-1030.

Publication history

  • Received March 10, 2018
  • Revised March 20, 2019
  • Accepted April 24, 2019
  • First published July 5, 2019.
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September 01, 2022

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