Assessment of Burden of COPD (ABC) tool: perception versus evidence

Sarah Houben-Wilke, Frits M.E. Franssen, Ineke Kok, Henk J. Otten, Johan P. Wempe, Jan H. Vercoulen

Source: Eur Respir J , 49 (3) 1602382; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02382-2016
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Airway diseases

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