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Pages 101-125 (February 2007)
Recommendations of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
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Air Travel and Respiratory Disease
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Francisco García Ríoa,
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Correspondence: Dr. F. García Río. Alfredo Marqueríe, 11 izqda. 1°, A. 28034 Madrid. España
, Luis Borderías Claub, Ciro Casanova Macarioc, Bartolomé R. Cellid, Joan Escarrabill Sangláse, Nicolás González Mangadof, Josep Roca Torrentg, Fernando Uresandi Romeroh
a Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
b Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, Spain
c Hospital Universitario La Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
d St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
e Hospital de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
f Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
g Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
h Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Vizcaya, Spain
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