Why is the Incidence of Asthma Increasing?

Asthma: Critical Debates

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-17

  Matricardi, Paolo M ^a   Bonini, Sergio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Developing countries; Epidemic prevention; Epidemological trend; Geographical distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948746441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693889.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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