Acute gastroenteritis diagnostic practices of New Zealand general practitioners

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1052, 1997, Pages 354-356

  Sarfati, Diana ^a   Bates, Michael N ^a   Garrett, Nicholas ^a   Baker, Michael G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0031587212     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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