The prevalence of asthma appears to be inversely related to the incidence of typhoid and tuberculosis: hypothesis to explain the variation in asthma prevalence around the world
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- 31 July 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Medical Hypotheses
- Vol. 55 (1) , 40-42
- https://doi.org/10.1054/mehy.1999.0997
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