The correlation between urbanization and mortality of common respiratory diseases in China

C. Wan, F. Zhan, L. Jia, Q. Hu, F. Wen (Chengdu, Xiamen, China)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Outdoor and indoor environment: respiratory diseases from asthma to asbestosis
Session: Outdoor and indoor environment: respiratory diseases from asthma to asbestosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1015
Disease area: Airway diseases

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