A measure of quality of life for clinical trials in chronic lung disease.

Thorax - Tập 42 Số 10 - Trang 773-778 - 1987
Gordon Guyatt1, L Berman1, Marie Townsend1, Stewart Pugsley1, Larry W. Chambers1
1Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

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