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Diagnosis

Reliability in reporting asthma history and age at asthma onset

, PhD, MPH, , MD, , MD, DSc & , MD, MS
Pages 956-963 | Received 25 Mar 2014, Accepted 27 May 2014, Published online: 15 Jul 2014

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