New etiological clues in asthma and atopic diseases as an emergent challenge in public health. Lessons from the developed world;Asma bronquial y enfermedades atópicas como problema emergente de Salud Pública: Nuevas hipótesis etiológicas. La experiencia de sociedades desarrolladas

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-346

  Valdivia C, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Asthma, Epidemiologic factors; Geography, medical; Hypersensitivity, immediate

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0034151690     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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