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Respiratory disease in old age. Part 1: age-related changes in the lung, respiratory infections and lung tumours

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Martin J Connolly
Martin J Connolly*
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Manchester, UK
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Martin J Connolly, Robert Barnes Medical Unit, Barnes Hospital, Kingsway, Cheadle, Cheshire SK8 2NY, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , May 1993 , pp. 147 - 155
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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