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The Global Impact of Respiratory Disease

Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS)

07 May 2019

The Global Impact of Respiratory Disease

The purpose of this report is to call attention to the importance of respiratory health in the world and to raise it to be a top priority in global decision-making.

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