Clinical inertia

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 825-834

  Phillips, L S ^a   Branch W T , Jr ^a   Cook, C B ^a   Doyle, J P ^a   El Kebbi, I M ^a   Gallina, D L ^a   Miller, C D ^a   Ziemer, D C ^a   Barnes, C S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0035818550     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-9-200111060-00012     Document Type: Review

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