4-1SY Asthma in Underserved Populations

Monday, 5 December 2011: 10:50 - 11:10
Xcaret (Cancún Center)

Alvaro Cruz, MD , Medicine, ProAR - Núcleo de Excelência em Asma da UFBA, Salvador, Brazil

Learning Objectives:
  1. To provide information on the most frequent asthma phenotype in underserved communities, that is nonatopic asthma, and to compare risk factors for atopic and nonatopic asthma in underprivileged settings.
  2. To discuss the association between asthma mortality and indicators of inequality/poverty and lack of access to proper care.