Incidence and prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma in a suburban population of young adults

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 304-308

  Ownby, Dennis R ^a   Johnson, Christine C ^a   Peterson, Edward L ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030443306     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63325-X     Document Type: Article

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