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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The Burden of Illness Experienced by Young Children Associated with Asthma: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Teresa To Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Departments of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
, Ph.D.,
Sharon Dell Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
, M.D.,
Paul Dick Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
, M.D.C.M., M.Sc. &
Lisa Cicutto Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; National Jewish Medical and Research Centre, Denver, Colorado, USA
, Ph.D.
Pages 45-49 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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