Guidelines on the management of asthma.
ThoraxPublished 1 October 1993Open access
Kevin Jones
Citations424
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There are three areas not sufficiently emphasised which are worthy of further exploration, including the need for consistency in the colour of metered dose inhalers, the role of spirometry in the management of asthma in primary care and the use of antibiotics in themanagement of acute asthma attacks.
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