Measuring improvement in dyspnoea: should absolute or relative values be used?

Johnson Miriam J., Bland J. Martin, Oxberry Stephen G., Abernethy Amy P., Currow David C.

Source: Eur Respir J 2014; 44: 1700-1703
Journal Issue: December

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