Running a domiciliary nebuliser service

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  Wilson, R S E ^a   Muers, M F ^b  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Killingbeck Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; EQUIPMENT; FACE MASK; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; MEDICAL NEBULIZER; NEBULIZATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030950043     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.2008.s104     Document Type: Short Survey

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