Rural to urban migration is associated with increased prevalence of childhood wheeze in a Latin-American city

Laboratorio de Investigación FEPIS. Quinindé, Ecuador / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health. London, UK.
Laboratorio de Investigación FEPIS. Quinindé, Ecuador.
Laboratorio de Investigación FEPIS. Quinindé, Ecuador.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health. London, UK.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Laboratorio de Investigación FEPIS. Quinindé, Ecuador / Universidad Internacional del Ecuador. Facultad de Ciencias Medicas de la Salud y la Vida. Quito, Ecuador / St George’s University of London. Institute of Infection and Immunity. London, UK.

Abstract

The urbanisation process has been associated with increases in asthma prevalence in urban and rural areas of low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, although rural to urban migration and migration between cities are considered important determinants of this process, few studies have evaluated the effects of internal migration on asthma in urban populations of LMICs. The present study evaluated the effects of internal migration on the prevalence of wheeze in an urban area of Latin America.

Keywords in Portuguese

América latina
Asma
Migração interna
Chiado

Keywords

Latin America
Asthma
Internal migration
Wheeze

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BMJ Publishing Group

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RODRIGUEZ, Alejandro et al. Rural to urban migration is associated with increased prevalence of childhood wheeze in a Latin-American city. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, v. 4, p. 1-10, 2017.

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10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000205

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2052-4439

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/25559

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