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. 1994 Feb;49(2):171–174. doi: 10.1136/thx.49.2.171

Increase in asthma: a more toxic environment or a more susceptible population?

A Seaton 1, D J Godden 1, K Brown 1
PMCID: PMC474339  PMID: 8128408

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