Chest
Volume 133, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 4-6
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The authors have received honoraria for speaking engagements from GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca and for consultative services from GlaxoSmithKline. They have also received research funding from GlaxoSmithKline.

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