Respiratory Medicine
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 22-30 , January 2001

Quality of life in primary care asthma

  • P.O EHRS

      Affiliations

    • Family Medicine Stockholm, Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge
    • ,
  • H ÅBERG

      Affiliations

    • Family Medicine Stockholm, Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge
    • ,
  • K LARSSON

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Unit, National Institute for Working Life, Solna, Sweden

Received 17 April 2000 ,Accepted 11 September 2000.

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PII: S0954-6111(00)90967-3

doi: 10.1053/rmed.2000.0967

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 22-30 , January 2001

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