[1998 Quebec Social and Health Survey: determinants of chronic respiratory diseases].

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Published in Can J Public Health on August 10, 2001

Authors

B Lévesque1, P Lajoie, M Rhainds, T Kosatsky, A M Grenier, P Ernst, N Audet

Author Affiliations

1: Direction régionale de santé publique de Québec, 2400, d'Estimauville, Beauport, Québec, G1E 7G9. benoît.lévesque@crchul.ulaval.ca

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