Editorial: Preventing enteral tube feeding-associated aspiration: Something no one should get blue in the face over

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 140-141

  Seidner, Douglas L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0347726732     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0115426502017003140     Document Type: Editorial

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