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Lung function in the elderly: Nascentes morimur
 
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First Academic Department of Pneumonology, Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, “Sotiria”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
 
 
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Demosthenes Bouros   

First Academic Department of Pneumonology, Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, “Sotiria”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 152 Messogion Ave., Athens 11527, Greece
 
 
Pneumon 2018;31(1):14-16
 
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