Pneumonia risk in COPD patients receiving inhaled corticosteroids alone or in combination: TORCH study results

Crim C., Calverley P. M. A.,,erson J. A., Celli B., Ferguson G. T., Jenkins C., Jones P. W., Willits L. R., Yates J. C., Vestbo J.

Source: Eur Respir J 2009; 34: 641
Journal Issue: September
Disease area: Airway diseases

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