Primary care consultation predictors in men and women: A cohort study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 511, 2005, Pages 108-113

  Kapur, Navneet ^a   Hunt, Isabelle ^a   Lunt, Mark ^a   McBeth, John ^a   Creed, Francis ^a   Macfarlane, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultation; Gender identity; Health behaviour; Sex factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 13844277084     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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