Is it time to give up on “self-management” of COPD exacerbations?

Sanjay Ramakrishnan, Mona Bafadhel

Source: Eur Respir J, 55 (1) 1902102; 10.1183/13993003.02102-2019
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Airway diseases

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