Do asthmatic smokers benefit as much as non-smokers on budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy? Results of an open label study
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0954-6111
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.10.017