Respiratory Medicine
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 8-14 , January 2011

The Physicians’ Practice Assessment Questionnaire on asthma and COPD

  • Louis-Philippe Boulet

      Affiliations

    • Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, 2725 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 4G5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 418 656 4747; fax: +1 418 656 4762.
    • ,
  • Hollie Devlin

      Affiliations

    • Integrated Healthcare, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Denis E. O’Donnell

      Affiliations

    • Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

Received 3 November 2009 ,Accepted 28 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.07.022

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 8-14 , January 2011

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