Inner-city disadvantaged populations and asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-4

  Nsouli, T M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032923022     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62652-X     Document Type: Editorial

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