Prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD: American College of Chest Physicians and Canadian Thoracic Society Guideline.

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Published in Chest on April 01, 2015

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Gerard J Criner, Jean Bourbeau, Rebecca L Diekemper, Daniel R Ouellette, Donna Goodridge, Paul Hernandez, Kristen Curren, Meyer S Balter, Mohit Bhutani, Pat G Camp, Bartolome R Celli, Gail Dechman, Mark T Dransfield, Stanley B Fiel, Marilyn G Foreman, Nicola A Hanania, Belinda K Ireland, Nathaniel Marchetti, Darcy D Marciniuk, Richard A Mularski, Joseph Ornelas, Jeremy D Road, Michael K Stickland

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