General practitioners and clinical guidelines

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-34

  Bhagat, K ^a,b   Nyazema, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0035625915     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i1.9109     Document Type: Article

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