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Editorial
Recognising the importance of national respiratory audits
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  1. C E Bucknall1,
  2. N A Maskell2
  1. 1Audit Programme Director, British Thoracic Society and Consultant Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
  2. 2School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr C E Bucknall, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK; christine.bucknall{at}ggc.scot.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200220

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