The ebb and flow of asthma

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-88

  Toelle, B G ^a   Marks, G B ^a,b  

^a WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL CARE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 13544264393     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.038331     Document Type: Editorial

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