Direct mailing of consensus recommendations did not alter GPs' knowledge and prescription of oestrogen in the menopause

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 203-208

  Hunskaar, Steinar ^a,d   Hannestad, Yngvild S ^a   Backe, Bjørn ^b   Matheson, Ingrid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Section for General Practice   (Norway)

Author keywords

consensus development conferences; estrogen replacement therapy; family practice; guidelines; randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029989955     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813439608997086     Document Type: Article

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