Determinants for a low health-related quality of life in asthmatics.

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Published in Ups J Med Sci on December 27, 2011

Authors

Mai Leander1, Erik Lampa, Christer Janson, Kurt Svärdsudd, Monica Uddenfeldt, Anna Rask-Andersen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Sciences, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

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