The Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma (URECA) birth cohort study: design, methods, and study population
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- 8 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Vol. 9 (1) , 17
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-9-17
Abstract
The incidence and morbidity of wheezing illnesses and childhood asthma is especially high in poor urban areas. This paper describes the study design, methods, and population of the Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma (URECA) study, which was established to investigate the immunologic causes of asthma among inner-city children.Keywords
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