The pattern of consultations for asthma in a general practice over 5 years

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1016, 1996, Pages 48-50

  Kljakovic, Marjan ^a,b   Salmond, Clare ^b  

^a Unit of General Practice

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030598459     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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