A spatial analysis of asthma prevalence in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 384-389

  Crighton, Eric J ^a   Feng, Jing ^a   Gershon, Andrea ^b   Guan, Jun ^b   To, Teresa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Ontario; Prevalence; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871396882     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404447     Document Type: Article

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