Results of a programme to improve house staff use of metered dose inhalers and spacers

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 930, 2003, Pages 221-225

  Lee Wong, Mary ^a,b   Mayo, P H ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INHALATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METERED DOSE INHALER; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SPACER DEVICE; TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; METERED DOSE INHALERS; NEW YORK CITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037513498     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.930.221     Document Type: Article

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