Community based health education: General practitioners' perceptions of their role and willingness to participate

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-385

  Girgis, Afaf ^a   Sanson Fisher, Rob ^a  

^a NSW Cancer Cncl Cancer Educ R   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREAST CANCER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0029828713     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1996.tb01050.x     Document Type: Article

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