Labelling of acute respiratory illness: Evidence of between-practitioner variation in the UK

Family Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 375-377

  Stocks, Nigel ^a   Fahey, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory illness; GPs; Labelling; Variation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0036331208     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/19.4.375     Document Type: Article

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