Published in JAMA on February 13, 2008
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An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: asthma control and exacerbations: standardizing endpoints for clinical asthma trials and clinical practice. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 9.38
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Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2008) 2.64
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