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

Alejandro Rodriguez; Maritza G Vaca; Martha E Chico; Laura C Rodrigues; Mauricio L Barreto; Philip J Cooper

doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000205

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

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Alejandro Rodriguez Laboratorio de Investigación FEPIS, Quinindé, Ecuador Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maritza G Vaca Laboratorio de Investigación FEPIS, Quinindé, Ecuador PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Martha E Chico Laboratorio de Investigación FEPIS, Quinindé, Ecuador PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Laura C Rodrigues Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mauricio L Barreto Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Muniz, FIOCRUZ, Salvador, Brazil Instituto de Saude Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Philip J Cooper Laboratorio de Investigación FEPIS, Quinindé, Ecuador Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, de la Salud y la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George’s University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Alejandro Rodriguez; alejandro.rodriguez{at}lshtm.ac.uk

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Rodriguez A, Vaca MG, Chico ME, et al

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

BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2017;4:e000205. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000205

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Received April 12, 2017
Revised June 15, 2017
First published July 3, 2017.

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January 19, 2023

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