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Maintenance plus reliever budesonide/formoterol compared with a higher maintenance dose of budesonide/formoterol plus formoterol as reliever in asthma:an efficacy and cost-effectiveness study

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Pages 809-821 | Accepted 06 Mar 2006, Published online: 23 Mar 2006

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