Drug prescribing and burden of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a study from Italian general practitioners

L. Galatti, G. Bettoncelli, G. Invernizzi, G. Mazzaglia, E. Sessa (Messina, Milan, Florence, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - COPD, asthma and lung cancer in primary care
Session: COPD, asthma and lung cancer in primary care
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4268
Disease area: Airway diseases

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