Asthma epidemiology in the Far East

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-12

  Lai, C K W ^a,b   Douglass, C ^a   Ho, S S ^a   Chan, J ^a   Lau, J ^a   Wong, G ^a   Leung, R ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENT; FAR EAST; GENETICS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; FAR EAST; HUMANS;

EID: 0030049734     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00050.x     Document Type: Review

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