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. 2001 Dec;85(6):447–449. doi: 10.1136/adc.85.6.447

Double click for health: the role of multimedia in asthma education

A McPHERSON 1, C GLAZEBROOK 1, A SMYTH 1
PMCID: PMC1719008  PMID: 11719322

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