Health-related effects of smoking on patients with bronchial asthma participating in a disease management program. Results from the DMP asthma in the north Rhine Region, Germany

A. Weber, S. Groos, B. Hagen, J. Kretschmann, L. Altenhofen (Cologne, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Smoking tobacco: from second hand to earthquake
Session: Smoking tobacco: from second hand to earthquake
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 4515
Disease area: Airway diseases

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