Native and foreign born as predictors of pediatric asthma in an Asian immigrant population: a cross sectional survey.

作者: Doug Brugge , Angela C Lee , Mark Woodin , Christine Rioux

DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-6-13

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摘要: Background Asthma prevalence is lower in less developed countries and among some recent immigrant populations the US, but reasons for this are not clear. One possibility that early childhood infections protective against asthma.

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