Health needs assessment in general practice: The Cretan approach

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-77

  Lionis, Christos ^a   Trell, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

general practice; Greece; needs assessment; rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003029994     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814789909094264     Document Type: Article

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