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Respiratory disease in old age. Part 2: asthma, chronic obstructive airways disease and emphysema

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Martin J Connolly
Martin J Connolly*
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Manchester, UK
*
Martin J Connolly, Robert Barnes Medical Unit, Barnes Hospital, Kingsway, Cheadle, Cheshire SK8 2NY, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , August 1993 , pp. 223 - 230
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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