Free running asthma screening test (FRAST): a useful tool or a waste of time?

F. Kirvassilis, E. Hatziagorou, K. Tselepis, M. Alexandridis, J. Tsanakas (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2001 - News in inhalation therapy and devices in childhood asthma
Session: News in inhalation therapy and devices in childhood asthma
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3304
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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