Medication-related swallowing difficulties may be more common than we realise

Pharmacy in Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 411-414

  Strachan, Ian ^a   Greener, Mark ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CAREGIVER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DYSPHAGIA; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; NUTRITION; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SOLID; TABLET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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