Editorial
doi: 10.4104/pcrj.2012.00018.
Lower respiratory tract infection in the community: prognosis predictably difficult to predict
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Editorial
Lower respiratory tract infection in the community: prognosis predictably difficult to predict
Prim Care Respir J.
2012 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest in relation to this article.
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