Demographic, Physiologic and Radiographic Characteristics of COPD Patients Taking Chronic Systemic Corticosteroids
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عنوان ژورنال: COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1541-2555,1541-2563
DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2011.634454