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Portions of this chapter are excerpted from a review by G. K. Fritz,Psychosomatics 24:959–967, 1983.

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Fritz, G.K. Psychological issues in assessing and managing asthma in children. Clin Rev Allergy 5, 259–271 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02991199

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