Poisoning in the home by medicaments.
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Below are given the sources of information about aids for the disabled, the elderly, and those at risk from accidents in the home: 1. Equipment for the Disabled, vols. 1-4. Published by the National Fund for Research into Poliomyelitis and other Crippling Diseases, Vincent House, Vincent Square, London S.W.1. Looseleaf volumes, profusely illustrated, some with commercial sources quoted, others with examples of adaptation of common objects. 2. Gadget Leaflets. Published by the National Association for the Paralysed, 1 York Street, Baker Street, London W.1. Lists of aids, with some line drawings, and certain commercial sources stated. (N.B. Cooker safeguard well illustrated.) 3. Practical Aids for the Disabled. Published by the British Red Cross Society, 14 Grosvenor Crescent, London S.W.1. Illustrated with line drawings of aids, mostly of the do-it-yourself variety. 4. Everyday Aids for the Disabled. Published by the West Sussex Association for the Care of Cripples. Oriel House, County Hall, Chichester. Simple do-it-yourself type aids; illustrated line drawings. 5. Aids for the Disabled. Price List H/4. This is a pamphlet with a list of commercial suppliers at the end, and is published by the Home Department of the British Red Cross, 14 Grosvenor Crescent, London S.W.1. Dated January 1965.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 2 5517 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1966