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. 2022 Jul-Aug;28(4):320-321.
doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.02.008. Epub 2022 Mar 24.

Advantages and limitations of the ROX index

A Gallardo  1 , E Zamarrón-López  2 , E Deloya-Tomas  3 , O R Pérez-Nieto  3
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Advantages and limitations of the ROX index

A Gallardo et al. Pulmonology. 2022 Jul-Aug.
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Conflicts of interest All authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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