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Respiratory disease in old age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

EC Pulford  and
Martin J Connolly
EC Pulford*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Martin J Connolly
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
*
University of Manchester, Robert Barnes Medical Unit, Barnes Hospital, Kingsway, Cheadle, Cheshire SK8 2NY, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1996 , pp. 21 - 39
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