2010: The year of the lung

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Murray, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 76149126451     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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