Asia Pac Allergy.
2013 Jan;3(1):1-2. 10.5415/apallergy.2013.3.1.1.
Allergies in Asia: are we facing an allergy epidemic?
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore 119228, Singapore. bee_wah_lee@nuhs.edu.sg
- 2Department of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore.
- KMID: 2397328
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5415/apallergy.2013.3.1.1
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