Smoking is a serious confounder of european community respiratory health survey data when comparing urban and sub-urban areas

M. V. Balzan, J. J. Bonnici (Guardamangia, Zabbar, Malta)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Screening of asthma and its morbidity
Session: Screening of asthma and its morbidity
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3672
Disease area: Airway diseases

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