Foreign body aspiration: a hazard of metered dose inhalers.
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Foreign body inhalation: a danger of metered dose inhalers.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.306.6877.575