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Asthma: epidemiology, etiology and risk factors

Padmaja Subbarao, Piush J. Mandhane and Malcolm R. Sears
CMAJ October 27, 2009 181 (9) E181-E190; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080612
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vol. 181 no. 9 E181-E190
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https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080612
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19752106
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  • Published online October 26, 2009.

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  1. Padmaja Subbarao, MD MSc,
  2. Piush J. Mandhane, MD PhD,
  3. Malcolm R. Sears, MB ChB
  1. From the Department of Pediatric Respirology (Subbarao), Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Pediatric Respirology (Mandhane), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; and the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to:
    Prof. Malcolm R. Sears, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, 50 Charlton Ave. E., Hamilton ON L8N 4A6; fax 905 521-6132; searsm{at}mcmaster.ca

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