Wheelchair standards: It's all about quality assurance and evidence-based practice

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-94

  Cooper, Rory A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; MATERIAL STATE; NOTE; POWERED WHEELCHAIR; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; WHEELCHAIR; EQUIPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 33749246047     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2006.11753862     Document Type: Note

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