The burden of asthma in Canadian children and adolescents of South Asian descent

J. Moerman, F. Ratjen, P. Subbarao, M. Sears, S. Anand, S. Stanojevic (Rotterdam, Netherlands; Toronto, Hamilton, Canada)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Epidemiology of asthma
Session: Epidemiology of asthma
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 980
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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