Prescription and usage of long-term oxygen therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Netherlands

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-51

  Kampelmacher, M J ^a,b   Van Kesteren, R G ^a   Alsbach, G P J ^a   Melissant, C F ^b   Wynne, H J ^c   Douze, J M C ^a   Lammers, J W J ^b  

^a Ctr for Home Mechanical Ventilation   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0032953698     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(99)90076-8     Document Type: Article

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