A Risk Factor for Chronic Bronchitis and Asthma in Adults?
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2002;122;1086-1090 Chest Rudolf A. Jörres, Helgo Magnussen and Dennis Nowak Katja Radon, Kerstin Büsching, Joachim Heinrich, H.-E. Wichmann, Adults? for Chronic Bronchitis and Asthma in : A Risk Factor * Passive Smoking Exposure http://chestjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/122/3/1086 and services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information ). ISSN: 0012-3692. http://www.chestjournal.org/misc/reprints.shtml ( of the copyright holder may be reproduced or distributed without the prior written permission Northbrook IL 60062. All rights reserved. No part of this article or PDF by the American College of Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Road, Physicians. It has been published monthly since 1935. Copyright 2007 CHEST is the official journal of the American College of Chest
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