Joint and soft tissue injections in the community: Questionnaire survey of general practitioners' experiences and attitudes

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-64

  Gormley, G J ^a   Corrigan, M ^a   Steele, W K ^a   Stevenson, M ^a   Taggart, A J ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FASCIA; FOOT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; JOINT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE; SYNOVIAL BURSA; SYNOVITIS; TENNIS ELBOW; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN;

EID: 0037214102     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.1.61     Document Type: Article

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