Evidence based general practice: A retrospective study of interventions in one training practice

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7034, 1996, Pages 819-821

  Gill, P ^a   Dowell, A C ^a   Neal, R D ^a   Smith, N ^a   Heywood, P ^a   Wilson, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BECLOMETASONE; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; CAPTOPRIL; CEFRADINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; GAVISCON; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROCORTISONE; METOPROLOL; MICONAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; NIFEDIPINE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; TEMAZEPAM; TERBINAFINE; TERFENADINE; THYROXINE; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ACNE; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; ECZEMA; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HAY FEVER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER PAIN; SKIN INFECTION; THRUSH; TINEA PEDIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029987037     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7034.819     Document Type: Article

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