Home assessment and care

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 46, Issue OCTOBER., 2000, Pages 2053-2058

  Ferner, Catherine ^a   Lysy, Paul ^b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS;

EID: 0034296735     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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