General practitioners' knowledge of functional and social factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 387-393

  Memel, David S ^a   Kirwan, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional factors; General practitioner knowledge; Primary care; Rheumatoid arthritis; Social factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033265225     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1999.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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