Indications of small airways disease in healthy smokers

E. Telenga, L. Keulers, N. ten Hacken, D. Postma, M. van den Berge (Groningen, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - COPD: epidemiology and varia
Session: COPD: epidemiology and varia
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3448
Disease area: Airway diseases

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