Interpreting thresholds for a clinically significant change in health status in asthma and COPD.

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Published in Eur Respir J on March 01, 2002

Authors

P W Jones1

Author Affiliations

1: St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK. pjones@sghms.ac.uk

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