Home enteral tube feeding: A growing problem?

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 246-247

  McNamara, E ^a   Flood, P ^a   Kennedy, N P ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTERIC FEEDING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033376952     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02944349     Document Type: Short Survey

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