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Inability of Physicians to Use Metered-Dose Inhalers

Kenneth W. T. Tsang Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong, Pokfnlam Road, Hong Kong
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Wah-kit Lam Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong, Pokfnlam Road, Hong Kong
,
Mary Ip Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong, Pokfnlam Road, Hong Kong
,
Maybelle Kou Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong, Pokfnlam Road, Hong Kong
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Loretta Yam Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong, Pokfnlam Road, Hong Kong
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Bing Lam Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong, Pokfnlam Road, Hong Kong
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Man-tak Cheung Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong, Pokfnlam Road, Hong Kong
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Ian J. Lauder Department of Statistics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfnlam Road, Hong Kong
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Cyrus R. Kumana Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong, Pokfnlam Road, Hong Kong
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Pages 493-498 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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