Guidelines for Physiotherapeutic Management in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-74

  Bekkering, G E ^a   Hendriks, H J M ^a   Paterson, W J ^b   Gosselink, R ^c   Chadwick Straver, R V M ^d   Van Der Schans, C P ^e   Verhoef De Wijk, M C E ^f   Jongmans, M ^g   Decramer, M ^c  

^a Dutch National Institute of Allied Health Professions   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Academic Institutionfor Physiotherapy   (Netherlands)

^g University Lung Centre Dekkerswald   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0004848953     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ptr.2000.5.1.59     Document Type: Article

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