Genetics and pulmonary medicine: Asthma

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-69

  Hall, I P ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032962314     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.1.65     Document Type: Review

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