The stethoscope: Some preliminary investigations

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 938, 2003, Pages 695-698

  Welsby, P D ^a   Parry, G ^b   Smith, D ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; STETHOSCOPE; TEACHING;

AUSCULTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; STETHOSCOPES; TEACHING;

EID: 1642496959     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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