Competence in metered dose inhaler technique among dispensers in Mekelle
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Competence in metered dose inhaler technique among dispensers in Mekelle
BACKGROUND Inhaled medications are the cornerstone of asthma therapy. Metered dose inhaler technique is a widely used technique to administer medications like corticosteroids. Meanwhile, the health professionals and patients knowledge and practice towards this metered dose inhaler is quite deficient but arguably understood by policy makers or education expertise. OBJECTIVE This study tried to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1710-1492
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-18