Should I stay or should I go? COPD and air travel

Begum Ergan, Metin Akgun, Angela Maria Grazia Pacilli, Stefano Nava

Source: Eur Respir Rev, 27 (148) 180030; 10.1183/16000617.0030-2018
Journal Issue: June
Disease area: Airway diseases

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