Small Devices, Big Problems: Addressing the Global Warming Potential of Metered-Dose Inhalers
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Small Devices, Big Problems: Addressing the Global Warming Potential of Metered-Dose Inhalers
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Not All Inhaled Medicines Are Equal.Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Nov;19(11):1948-1949. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202207-605LE. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022. PMID: 35939807 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Reply: Not All Inhaled Medicines Are Equal.Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Nov;19(11):1949-1950. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202208-670LE. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022. PMID: 35939822 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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