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Exploring reasons for variation in urinary catheterisation prevalence in care homes: a qualitative study
Author(s) -
Cliodna McNulty,
J. Bowen,
Rebecca HowellJones,
Mark Walker,
Elaine Freeman
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afn140
Subject(s) - medicine , variation (astronomy) , urinary system , qualitative research , intensive care medicine , gerontology , social science , physics , sociology , astrophysics
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