Assessing Airflow Obstruction: When Everything Is Not So Obvious
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Not every irreversible airflow obstruction is COPD
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Respiration
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0025-7931,1423-0356
DOI: 10.1159/000081754