Respiratory disease: Does ethnicity matter?

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-64

  Griffiths, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 2542490561     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2003.03.001     Document Type: Editorial

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