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. 2007 Feb 28;43(2):101–125. doi: 10.1016/S1579-2129(07)60031-7

Air Travel and Respiratory Disease

Francisco García Río a,*, Luis Borderías Clau b, Ciro Casanova Macario c, Bartolomé R Celli d, Joan Escarrabill Sanglás e, Nicolás González Mangado f, Josep Roca Torrent g, Fernando Uresandi Romero h
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