Asthma in an urban population in Portugal: a prevalence study.

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Published in BMC Public Health on May 19, 2011

Authors

Jaime Correia de Sousa1, Maria Espírito Santo, Tânia Colaço, Filipa Almada-Lobo, John Yaphe

Author Affiliations

1: Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, ICVS, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal and Horizonte Family Health Unit, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal. jaimecsousa@ecsaude.uminho.pt

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