Toxocara and asthma

Toxocara: The Enigmatic Parasite

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 42-57

  Pinelli, Elena ^a   Dormans, Jan ^a   van Die, Irma ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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