Barriers to working according to cholesterol guidelines: A randomized controlled trial on implementation of national guidelines in 20 general practices

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-118

  Van Der Weijden, Trudy ^a   Grol, Richard P T M ^a,b   Schouten, Berna J ^a   Knottnerus, J André ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Feasibility studies; Guidelines; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031840765     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/8.2.113     Document Type: Article

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