Colour of sputum is a marker for bacterial colonisation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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- 14 May 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Respiratory Research
- Vol. 11 (1), 58
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-58
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