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. 2025 Feb 28:20:473-478.
doi: 10.2147/COPD.S488766. eCollection 2025.

Community-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in an Economically Deprived Area of Jodhpur, India: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Trial

Mahendra Thakor #  1 , Vishal Singh #  1 , James Manifield  2   3 , Mark W Orme  2   3 , Pankaj Bhardwaj  4 , Nishant Kumar Chauhan  4 , Amy C Barradell  2   3 , Zahira Ahmed  2   3 , Yashika Bhati  1 , Jesse Matheson  5 , Andy Barton  3 , Arun Kumar Sharma  6 , Sally J Singh  2   3
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Community-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in an Economically Deprived Area of Jodhpur, India: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Trial

Mahendra Thakor et al. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Mahendra Thakor and Vishal Singh are co-first authors for this study. Professor Sally Singh is a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.

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