Assessing a community-based asthma education intervention
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Assessing a community-based asthma education intervention
Asthma prevalence has increased dramatically in western countries in the last 25 years, and it has been estimated that allergies and asthma affect 30 to 35% of the Canadian population. It has been generally estimated that there are approximately 714,000 Canadians diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it is also estimated that 50% of affected individuals remain undiagn...
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عنوان ژورنال: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1710-1492
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-6-s1-p9