Commentary—Pathophysiology of Airflow Obstruction: Could There Really Be an Early Test of Prognostic Significance?

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  COPD

• Publication date

  2004-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1081/COPD-120028704PMID 16997742
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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