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. 1995 Sep;50(Suppl 1):S16–S21. doi: 10.1136/thx.50.suppl_1.s16

Relationship of acute obstructive airway change to chronic (fixed) obstruction.

M R Becklake 1
PMCID: PMC1129011  PMID: 7570457

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