Geographical variation in the prevalence of asthma symptoms in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1049, 1997, Pages 286-289

  Lewis, Simon ^a   Hales, Simon ^a   Slater, Tania ^a   Pearce, Neil ^a   Crane, Julian ^a   Beasley, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031559399     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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