A Multi-stage asthma Screening Procedure for Elementary School Children†
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Validation of a multistage asthma case-detection procedure for elementary school children.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Asthma
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0277-0903,1532-4303
DOI: 10.1081/jas-120000804