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Editorial
. 2006 Apr;61(4):276-8.
doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.052662.

The childhood asthma epidemic

G Russell
Editorial

The childhood asthma epidemic

G Russell. Thorax. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

A case of delayed rather than mistaken diagnosis

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Competing interests: none declared.

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