Teleconsultations between general practitioners and ophthalmologists in Finland

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 118-121

  Lamminen, Heikki ^a   Salminen, Lotta ^b   Uusitalo, Hannu ^b  

^a Primary Health Care Centre   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TELECONSULTATION;

EVALUATION STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FINLAND; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; REMOTE CONSULTATION;

EID: 0033253289     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/1357633991933422     Document Type: Article

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