Long-term oxygen therapy: Still not preventing the blues

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-240

  Evans, Rachael A ^a   Goldstein, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CANNULATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LONG TERM OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTRACHEAL OXYGEN THERAPY;

EID: 79551598709     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2631     Document Type: Editorial

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