The Prevalence of Asthma in Schoolboys of Travellers' Families

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 203-206

  Kearney, P M ^a   Kearney, P J ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IRELAND; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; TRAVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IRELAND; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032241249     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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