Audit of populations in general practice: The creation of a national resource for the study of morbidity in Scottish general practice

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Milne, R M ^a   Taylor, M W ^a   Taylor, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY;

AGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; SEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; SCOTLAND; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031725986     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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