SEVERE ASTHMA SERIES
Gene-Environment interactions in asthma: what we know today?
 
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7th Pneumonology Dept. and Asthma Centre, SOTIRIA” Hospital for Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
 
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Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
 
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Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
 
 
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Eleftherios Zervas   

7th Pneumonology Dept. and Asthma Centre, “SOTIRIA” Hospital for Chest Diseases, Mesogion Ave. 152, 11527 Athens, Greece
 
 
Pneumon 2012;25(1):83-98
 
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