Asthmatic bronchitis associated with a volcanic eruption in st. Vincent, west indies.

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Associated Expert in Epidemiology Surveillance Unit PAHO/WHO Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) Trinidad, West Indies Consultant Paediatrician Kingstown General Hospital Ministry of Health St. Vincent, West Indies Senior Nurse/Deputy Epidemiologist Ministry of Health Kingstown St. Vincent, West Indies.

Published: March 1981

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