The role of bacterial infection in Indigenous Australians with COPD is different to that seen in developed world populations

G. P. Maguire, P. Dasari, D. Gal, M. Nasir, B. J. Currie (Darwin, Australia)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Acute exacerbations of COPD
Session: Acute exacerbations of COPD
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2124
Disease area: Airway diseases, Respiratory infections

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