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Editorial
. 2006 May;61(5):367-8.
doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.048389.

Coughs and wheezes spread diseases: but what about the environment?

A Bush
Editorial

Coughs and wheezes spread diseases: but what about the environment?

A Bush. Thorax. 2006 May.

Abstract

Interactions between viral infections, wheezing, atopy and asthma in children

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