Public health and preventive healthcare in children: Current practices of Victorian GPs and barriers to participation

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 68-71

  Waters, Elizabeth B ^a   Haby, Michelle M ^a   Wake, Melissa ^a   Salmon, Louisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0034679835     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb139244.x     Document Type: Article

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