Higher resource use and lower asthma-related QOL in patients with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma

E. R. Bleecker, B. W. Bresnahan, M. L. Hayden, E. H. Warren, Y. Deniz (San Franscisco, United States Of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Epidemiology of asthma in adults
Session: Epidemiology of asthma in adults
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1904
Disease area: Airway diseases

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