Physician-diagnosed asthma and allergic rhinitis in Manitoba: 1985-1998

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-75

  Dik, Natalia ^a   Anthonisen, Nicholas R ^a   Manfreda, Jure ^a   Roos, Leslie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 31444434688     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61042-3     Document Type: Article

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