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. 2001 Jul 21;323(7305):164.

Asthma and early childhood infectious disease. Infection is trigger rather than cause

V Angelakou, M Bitsori, E Galanakis
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Asthma and early childhood infectious disease. Infection is trigger rather than cause

V Angelakou et al. BMJ. .
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