Cumulative incidence of asthma diagnosis at the age of seven in a birth cohort

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-74

  Roel, Eduardo ^a   Faresjö, Åshild Olsen ^a   Kjellman, N I Max ^a   Faresjö, Tomas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

childhood asthma; cohort study; general practice; hospital care; primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008881088     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814789909094263     Document Type: Article

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