Real increase of the prevalence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Netherlands;Feitelijke toename van de prevalentie van astma en chronisch obstructieve longziekte in Nederland

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 142, Issue 43, 1998, Pages 2352-2355

  Van Schayck, C P ^a   Tirimanna, P R S ^a   Van Den Boom, G ^a   Van Grunsven, P M ^a   Van Weel, C ^a   Van Herwaarden, C L A ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032564199     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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