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Editorial
. 2020 Jul 1;319(1):L159-L162.
doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00269.2020. Epub 2020 Jun 17.

Everyone must be able to breathe: a plan to support diversity and inclusion in respiratory physiology

Melissa L Bates  1   2   3 , Karla K V Haack  4
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Editorial

Everyone must be able to breathe: a plan to support diversity and inclusion in respiratory physiology

Melissa L Bates et al. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: diversity; lung; physiology; racism; social justice.

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No conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the authors.

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