Do health professionals on respiratory wards know how to use inhalers?

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-216

  Nguyen, Yvonne B N ^a   Wainwright, Craig ^b   Basheti, Iman A ^c   Willis, Margaret ^b   Bosnic Anticevich, Sinthia Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Liverpool Hospital   (United States)

^c Applied Science University Jordan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; INHALER; METERED DOSE INHALER; NURSE; PHARMACIST; RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTICE; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 77957974470     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2010.tb00541.x     Document Type: Article

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