Differences in respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function in children in 2 Saskatchewan communities

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-59

  Rennie, Donna C ^a   Lawson, Joshua A ^a   Cockcroft, Donald W ^a   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^b   McDuffie, Helen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 1642577221     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61710-3     Document Type: Article

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