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Socioeconomic Variations in Use of Prescription Medicines for COPD: A Register-Based Study

Ramune Jacobsen, Ola Ekholm, Niels K Rasmussen, Ebba Holme Hansen and Anne Frølich
Respiratory Care July 2016, 61 (7) 943-949; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.04335
Ramune Jacobsen
Research Unit for Dietary Studies, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg University Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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Ola Ekholm
National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Niels K Rasmussen
Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Ebba Holme Hansen
Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Anne Frølich
Research Unit for Chronic Conditions, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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