Referral and diagnosis of common rheumatic diseases by primary care physicians

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1215-1219

  Gamez Nava, J I ^a   Gonzalez Lopez, L ^a   Davis, P ^a   Suarez Almazor, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Primary care physicians; Referral; Rheumatic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GOUT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031760657     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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