The lung corps' approach to reducing health disparities in respiratory disease.

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Published in Ann Am Thorac Soc on May 01, 2014

Authors

Neeta Thakur1, Meghan E McGarry, Sam S Oh, Joshua M Galanter, Patricia W Finn, Esteban G Burchard, ATS Health Equality Committee

Author Affiliations

1: 1 Department of Medicine.

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