Characteristics predicting incorrect metered-dose inhaler technique in older subjects

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 984-988

  Gray, Shelly L ^a,e   Williams, Dennis M ^a   Pulliam, Charles C ^a   Sirgo, Mark A ^b   Bishop, Allen L ^b   Donohue, James F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030005621     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.9.984     Document Type: Article

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