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Original Article

Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Function among School-Age Children in the Aral Sea Region

Osamu Kunii Diseases Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine Research Center for Tropical Infectious Nagasaki, Japan
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Masahiro Hashizume The University of Tokyo Department of International Community Health Graduate School of Medicine Tokyo, Japan
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Momoko Chiba University School of Medicine Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Juntendo Tokyo, Japan
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Satoshi Sasaki National Institute of Health and Nutrition Tokyo, Japan
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Taeko Shimoda Kyushu Women's University Department of Nutritional Science Fukuoka, Japan
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Wathan Caypil Kazakh National Medical University Department of Biochemistry Almaty, Kazakstan
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Damir Dauletbaev Ministry of Health Kzyl-Orda City, Kzyl-Orda, Kazakhstan
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Pages 676-682 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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