Monday, 5 December 2011: 10:50 - 11:10
Xcaret (Cancún Center)
Alvaro Cruz, MD
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Medicine, ProAR - Núcleo de Excelência em Asma da UFBA, Salvador, Brazil
Learning Objectives:
- 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.
- To discuss the association between asthma mortality and indicators of inequality/poverty and lack of access to proper care.