Self-reported prevalence of asthma symptoms in children in Australia, England, Germany and New Zealand: an international comparison using the ISAAC protocol.

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Published in Eur Respir J on November 01, 1993

Authors

N Pearce1, S Weiland, U Keil, P Langridge, H R Anderson, D Strachan, A Bauman, L Young, P Gluyas, D Ruffin

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1: Dept of Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand.

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