Putting patients at the heart of healthcare: Respiratory allergy care in 18 European countries

E. Valovirta, F. Addeo, D. Finizio, J. Bottema, A.H. Fink-Wagner (Turku, Finland; Fisciano (Sa), Naples, Italy; Amersfoort, Netherlands; Brussels, Belgium)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Clinical aspects and treatment of asthma and allergic respiratory diseases
Session: Clinical aspects and treatment of asthma and allergic respiratory diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2356
Disease area: Airway diseases

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