Investigation and management of iron deficiency anaemia in general practice: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a simple management prompt

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 923, 2002, Pages 533-537

  Logan, Elisabeth C M ^a   Yates, J M ^a   Stewart, R M ^b   Fielding, K ^c   Kendrick, D ^d  

^a Nottinghamshire   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036750996     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.923.533     Document Type: Article

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