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Pharmacotherapy

The pharmacists’ ability to use pressurized metered-dose inhalers with a spacer device and factors affecting it

Erdem TopalDepartment of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey; View further author information
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Mustafa ArgaDepartment of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, İstanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Correspondence[email protected]
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Abdullah Hakan ÖzmenDepartment of Pediatrics, Bakırköy Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul, TurkeyView further author information
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Muhammet Arif KurşunDepartment of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, İstanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; View further author information
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Ömer Adil İlhanDepartment of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey; View further author information
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Mustafa AlıcıDepartment of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey; View further author information
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Pages 659-664 | Received 29 Jul 2019, Accepted 14 Feb 2020, Published online: 27 Feb 2020

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