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Impact of a Single Session of Inhalation Technique Training on Inhalation Skills and the Course of Asthma and COPD

Marta Dabrowska, Katarzyna Luczak-Wozniak, Marta Miszczuk, Izabela Domagala, Wojciech Lubanski, Andrzej Leszczynski, Marta Maskey-Warzechowska, Renata Rubinsztajn, Joanna Hermanowicz-Salamon and Rafal Krenke
Respiratory Care October 2019, 64 (10) 1250-1260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.06740

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