Development and validation of the Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis South Asian Questionnaire for Exposure (HP-SAQE): a

Sheetu Singh1, Ambika Sharma2, Khushboo Pilania3

  • 1Pulmonary medicine, Rajasthan hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India drsheetusingh1@gmail.com.

Thorax
|March 5, 2026
PubMed
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