Reassessing the evidence hierarchy in asthma: evaluating comparative effectiveness.

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Published in Curr Allergy Asthma Rep on December 01, 2011

Authors

David Price1, Alison Chisholm, Thys van der Molen, Nicolas Roche, Elizabeth V Hillyer, Jean Bousquet

Author Affiliations

1: Academic Centre of Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, UK. david@respiratoryresearch.org

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