Twin Epidemics: Asthma and Obesity
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Twin epidemics: asthma and obesity.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1423-0097,1018-2438
DOI: 10.1159/000329874