Low prevalence of asthma in East-European countries - myth or reality? Prevalence of asthma in Estonia - report from the ²FinEsS² study

M. Meren, H. M. Loit, A. Raukas-Kivioja, E. Rönmark, B. Lundbäck (Tallinn, Estonia; Stockholm, Lulea, Sweden)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Asthma epidemiology: longitudinal and cross-sectional studies
Session: Asthma epidemiology: longitudinal and cross-sectional studies
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3125
Disease area: Airway diseases

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