Home environment and respiratory illness in a Chilean semi-rural area

J. F. Potts, P. Bustos, H. Amigo, R. J. Rona (London, United Kingdom; Santiago, Chile)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - New insights in the epidemiology of asthma and allergy
Session: New insights in the epidemiology of asthma and allergy
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 1776
Disease area: Airway diseases

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