Case-control study of hospital admission with asthma in children aged 5-14 years: relation with road traffic in north west London.

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Published in Thorax on December 01, 1999

Authors

P Wilkinson1, P Elliott, C Grundy, G Shaddick, B Thakrar, P Walls, S Falconer

Author Affiliations

1: Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.

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