The Asthma Control Test (ACT) as an alternative tool to Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guideline criteria for assessing asthma control in Vietnamese outpatients
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عنوان ژورنال: Primary Care Respiratory Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-4418,1475-1534
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00093