Excess medical costs in patients with asthma and the role of comorbidity

Wenjia Chen, Larry D. Lynd, J. Mark FitzGerald, Carlo A. Marra, Robert Balshaw, Teresa To, Hamid Tavakoli, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, for the Canadian Respiratory Research Network

Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1584-1592
Journal Issue: December
Disease area: Airway diseases

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