Respiratory infections and wheezing in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-5

  Landau, Louis I ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0029919259     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199602000-00002     Document Type: Review

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