Improvement in patient compliance with long-term oxygen therapy following formal assessment with training

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1203-1206

  Peckham, D G ^a   Mcgibbon, K ^a   Tonkinson, J ^a   Plimbley, G ^b   Pantin, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Airlinks   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031756970     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90422-X     Document Type: Article

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