COPD in nonsmokers: the biomass hypothesis--to be or not to be?
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Affiliations: National Heart and Lung Institute, Dept of Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Sezione di Medicina Interna e Cardiorespiratoria, Centro Interdipartimentale per lo Studio delle Malattie Infiammatorie delle Vie Aeree e Patologie Fumo-Correlate (CEMICEF), Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 44 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014