Improving preventive care by prompting physicians

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Balas, E Andrew ^a   Weingarten, Scott ^b   Garb, Candace T ^a   Blumenthal, David ^c   Boren, Suzanne Austin ^a   Brown, Gordon D ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034645912     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.3.301     Document Type: Article

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