Apparent but not real increase in asthma prevalence during the 1990s
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Apparent but not real increase in asthma prevalence during the 1990s.
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00822002