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. 2013 Mar-Apr;39(2):254-5.
doi: 10.1590/s1806-37132013000200021.

Underdiagnosis of respiratory diseases during an economic downturn and the need for spirometry as a screening test

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Filio Kotrogianni, Foteini Malli, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis
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Underdiagnosis of respiratory diseases during an economic downturn and the need for spirometry as a screening test

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Filio Kotrogianni et al. J Bras Pneumol. 2013 Mar-Apr.
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    de Queiroz MC, Moreira MA, Rabahi MF. de Queiroz MC, et al. J Bras Pneumol. 2013 Mar-Apr;39(2):256. doi: 10.1590/s1806-37132013000200022. J Bras Pneumol. 2013. PMID: 23670516 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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