Planned primary health care asthma contacts during 12-year follow-up after Finnish National Asthma Programme: focus on spirometry
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عنوان ژورنال: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2055-1010
DOI: 10.1038/s41533-020-0166-2