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Websites
- British Thoracic Society/Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. British Guideline on the Management of Asthma. Revised January 2012 [online]. www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/Guidelines/Asthma-Guidelines.aspx ( Accessed 30 May 2013)
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