The Leadership role of general practice in public health: Advocating: 'Possums in the headlights?'

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 489, 2003, Pages 342-345

  Toop, Les ^a   Richards, Dee ^a   Dowell, Tony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CELECOXIB; DIANE; FEXOFENADINE; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; LORATADINE; OMEPRAZOLE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PAROXETINE; ROFECOXIB; SIBUTRAMINE; SILDENAFIL; SIMVASTATIN;

ACNE; ADVERTIZING; ALLERGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DRUG COST; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMPOTENCE; LAW; LEADERSHIP; MASS MEDIUM; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037393691     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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