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  • Gerdt Riise, docent och överläkare, Avdelningen för lungmedicin, Sahlgrenska universitetssjukhuset, Göteborg

Tidigare sakkunniga

  • Terje Johannessen, professor i allmänmedicin, Institutt for samfunnsmedisinske fag, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim