Epidemiology of childhood asthma

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9083, 1997, Pages 1015-1020

  Sears, Malcolm R ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030861505     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)01468-2     Document Type: Review

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