The next generation of public health approaches to asthma in Asia and the middle east

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Van Sickle, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); environmental health; global health; Middle East; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTHMA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; MONITORING; NEBULIZER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK FACTOR;

ASIA; ASTHMA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953861477     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510373129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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