Poor Outcomes and Asthma Hospitalisations: How Important is Asthma Severity and How Do We Measure It?

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Journal Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2009 Oct 20

PMID 19836123

Citations 3

Authors

T A Omachi

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