Properties of the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) in a cross- sectional European study
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Division of Clinical Science, St Georges, University of London, UK Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium Lung Department, Orlandi General Hospital, Bussolengo, Italy Health Services Research Unit, IMIM Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain Respiratory Medicine, Maingau Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK Pulmonology Department, Lille University Hospital, France Pneumology Unit, Requena General Hospital, Valencia, Spain University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands Respiratory Centre of excellence, GlaxoSmithKline, Marly le Roi, France Biostatistics and Epidemiology, GlaxoSmithKline, Munich, Germany
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Properties of the COPD assessment test in a cross-sectional European study.
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