Who needs chest physiotherapy? Moving from anecdote to evidence

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 393-397

  Wallis, Colin ^a   Prasad, Ammani ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POSTURAL DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPUTUM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032956124     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.80.4.393     Document Type: Review

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