Intramuscular gluteal injections in the increasingly obese population: Retrospective study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7542, 2006, Pages 637-638

  Nisbet, Andrew Charles ^a,b  

^a Jersey General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Le Grupe Les Grupieaux   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 33645237922     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38706.742731.47     Document Type: Article

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