Induced sputum: time from expectoration to processing

Efthimiadis A., Jayaram L., Weston S., Carruthers S., Hargreave F.E.

Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 19: 706-708
Journal Issue: April
Disease area: Airway diseases

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