Outcomes of an educational activity with Victorian GPs aimed at improving knowledge and practices in relation to sexually transmissible diseases

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-78

  Mulvey, Graeme ^b   Keogh, Louise A ^a   Temple Smith, Meredith J ^b  

^a Centre for the Study of STDs   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE FINDING; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0033994346     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb00727.x     Document Type: Article

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