A retrospective audit of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) admissions to a university teaching hospital after publication of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines

M. G. Kelly, J. S. Elborn (Belfast, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2001 - COPD
Session: COPD
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 288
Disease area: Airway diseases

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