About time: Diagnostic guidelines that help clinicians

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-209

  Foy, R ^a,b   Warner, P ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038311978     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.12.3.205     Document Type: Review

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