COPD-5511-beta-blockers and quality of life
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1Department of Anesthesiology, erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The netherlands; 2Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia and The James hogg iCAPTURe Center, st. Paul’s hospital, Vancouver, Canada; 3Department of Pulmonology, erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The netherlands; 4Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The netherlands; 5Department of Cardiology, erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The netherlands; 6Department of Vascular surgery, erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The netherlands
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تاریخ انتشار 2009