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. 2005 Jan;60(1):76–81. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.031211

Home oxygen for children: who, how and when?

I Balfour-Lynn 1, R Primhak 1, B Shaw 1
PMCID: PMC1747170  PMID: 15618588

Abstract

A review of the specific requirements of home oxygen therapy in children which attempts to offer guidance to clinicians and service providers

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