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. 2018 Jan-Feb;6(1):307-309.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.08.008. Epub 2017 Sep 29.

Use of a disposable valved-holding chamber (spacer) in a school-based asthma trial

James L Goodwin  1 , Lynn B Gerald  2 , Jennifer L H Johnson  3 , Joe K Gerald  2
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Use of a disposable valved-holding chamber (spacer) in a school-based asthma trial

James L Goodwin et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Jan-Feb.
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Figure 1
A LiteAire VHC in a. its flat position, b. its ‘popped-up’ form holding a metered dose inhaler (MDI) and c. in its cut-away view showing inside the mouthpiece chamber (MC) on the left and the Inhaler Chamber (IC) on the right.
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