Missed opportunities for prevention in general internal medicine

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1137-1140

  Brull, Richard ^a   Ghali, William A ^a   Quan, Hude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSTATE CANCER; RECALL; SCREENING; SMOKING CESSATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0033586704     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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