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. 1998 Jan;53(1):14–20. doi: 10.1136/thx.53.1.14

Determinants of management errors in acute severe asthma

J Kolbe, M Vamos, W Fergusson, G Elkind
PMCID: PMC1758687  PMID: 9577516

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