Increasing burden of COPD in rural India: an example why India warrants primary healthcare reforms

Toshita Kalkana, Saibal Moitra, Surinder K. Jindal, Subhabrata Moitra

Source: ERJ Open Res 2016: 00032-2016
Journal Issue: June
Disease area: Airway diseases

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