A study of prevalence of bronchial asthma and associated precipitating factors in children at tertiary health care center

 

Sanjay Dattu Mahajan ¹, Deepak Onkar Patil^2*

 

¹Associate Professor, ²Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Dr. Ulhas Patil Medical College and Hospital, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: drdopatil@gmail.com

 

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