Simple functional tests in COPD: stand up and be counted!

Matthew Maddocks, Claire M. Nolan, William D-C. Man

Source: Eur Respir J , 49 (3) 1700104; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00104-2017
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Airway diseases

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