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EDITORIAL
Role of aquatic therapy and speleotherapy as complementary therapies in the respiratory system
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5th Department of Pneumonology, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece
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First Academic Department of Pneumonology, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, “Sotiria”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Corresponding author
Demosthenes Bouros
Athens Chest Diseases Hospital ‘Sotiria’, 152 Messogion Av., Athens 11527, Greece
Athens Chest Diseases Hospital ‘Sotiria’, 152 Messogion Av., Athens 11527, Greece
Pneumon 2016;29(4):269-273
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No conflict of interest to declare
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