Effect of indoor air pollution from biomass and solid fuel combustion on prevalence of self-reported asthma among adult men and women in India: findings from a nationwide large-scale cross-sectional survey.

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Published in J Asthma on March 07, 2012

Authors

Sutapa Agrawal1

Author Affiliations

1: South Asia Network for Chronic Disease, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India. sutapaiips@rediffmail.com

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