General practitioners' approach to the patient with dyspepsia;Praktiserende laegers hândtering af patienter med dyspepsi

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 159, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3777-3781

  Folkersen, Birgitte Holst ^a   Larsen, Birgit ^a   Qvist, Peter ^a  

^a Harlekinvej 9   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENMARK; DYSPEPSIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DENMARK; DYSPEPSIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0031560785     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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