Health problems in family practice: An Icelandic multicentre study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-12

  Njalsson, Thorsteinn ^a   Sigurdsson, Johann A ^a   McAuley, Ronald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contacts; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Family practice; Health problems; Medical records systems computerized; Multicentre study; Practice audit; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0029916727     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813439608997062     Document Type: Article

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