Haemochromatosis - a future focus for continuing education in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1041-1044

  Young, Megan ^a   Dick, Marie Louise ^b   O'Rourke, Peter ^b  

^a Brisbane Southside Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 13744261493     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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