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Comments on "Review of the association between periodontitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in smokers"
1Department of Periodontology, Implantology and Stomatology, Universidade Brasil, São Paulo; 1st Lieutenant of Brazilian Air Force, Hospital of Força Aérea de São Paulo. igpedron@alumni.usp.br.
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Comments on "Review of the association between periodontitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in smokers" by Agathi Spiropoulou and colleagues, published in issue 1 of the 89th volume (2019) of the Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease.
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