Reducing demand for physician visits through public education: A look at the pilot cold-and-flu campaign in London, Ontario

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 835-840

  Brown, Edward M ^a,b   Goel, Vivek ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b Peel Memorial Hospital   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMON COLD; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 0029942681     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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