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. 2021 Mar 1;203(5):649-651.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202010-3855LE.

Reply to Lindenauer et al.: Apparent Increase in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality Is Likely an Artifact of Changes in Documentation and Coding

Daniel A Puebla Neira  1 , En Shuo Hsu  1 , Yong-Fang Kuo  1 , Kenneth J Ottenbacher  1 , Gulshan Sharma  1
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Reply to Lindenauer et al.: Apparent Increase in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality Is Likely an Artifact of Changes in Documentation and Coding

Daniel A Puebla Neira et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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