Referral letters in oral medicine: Standard versus non-standard letters

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 537-543

  Navarro, C M ^a   Miranda, I A N ^a   Onofre, M A ^a   Sposto, M R ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comparison; Dentist; Oral medicine; Referral letters; Standard letters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEVICE; DOCUMENTATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMATOLOGY; WRITING;

EID: 0036788170     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0277     Document Type: Article

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