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. 1993 Nov;48(11):1093–1094. doi: 10.1136/thx.48.11.1093

Use of near fatal asthma for investigating asthma deaths.

R Beasley, N Pearce, J Crane
PMCID: PMC464881  PMID: 8296248

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