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Allergy: Original Article

The ARGA study with Italian general practitioners: prescriptions for allergic rhinitis and adherence to ARIA guidelines

S. MaioPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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M. SimoniPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItaly
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S. BaldacciPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItaly
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A. AnginoPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItaly
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F. MartiniPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItaly
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S. CerraiPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItaly
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G. SarnoPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItaly
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P. SilviPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItaly
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M. BorbottiPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItaly
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A.P. PalaTechnosciences Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItaly
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M. BrescianiPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology PisaItaly
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P.L. PaggiaroPulmonary Pathophysiology Unit, Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department, University of PisaItaly
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G. ViegiPulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology Pisa, Italy; CNR Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology “A. Monroy”, PalermoItaly on behalf of ARGA study group
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Pages 1743-1751 | Accepted 13 Aug 2012, Published online: 07 Sep 2012

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