Source: ERJ Open Res, 4 (2) 00005-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00005-2018



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Ravi Mahadeva, Zaid Zoumot. Living with COPD: the struggle for breath and for lung volume reduction therapies. ERJ Open Res, 4 (2) 00005-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00005-2018

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