Dennis Shale
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Dennis John Shale, FCRP (19 February 1948 - 18 May 2017) was emeritus professor of respiratory medicine at Llandough Hospital in Cardiff, Wales. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and held the David Davies chair of respiratory and communicable diseases at the University of Wales College of Medicine.
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