Acute and chronic pulmonary airway disease in pacific island micronesians

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1978, Pages 266-273

  Brown, Paul ^b   Gajdusek, D Carleton ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Asthma; Bronchitis; Respiratory hypersensitivity; Respiratory tract diseases; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; ETIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN TESTS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0018241807     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112619     Document Type: Article

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