Prevention and health promotion in clinical practice: The views of general practitioners in Europe

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 595-601

  Brotonsc, Carlos ^a   Björkelund, Celia ^a   Bulc, Mateja ^a   Ciurana, Ramon ^a   Godycki Cwirko, Maciek ^a   Jurgova, Eva ^a   Kloppe, Pilar ^a   Lionis, Christos ^a   Mierzecki, Artur ^a   Piñeiro, Rosa ^a   Pullerits, Liivia ^a   Sammut, Mario R ^a   Sheehan, Mary ^a   Tataradze, Revaz ^a   Thireos, Eleftherios A ^a   Vuchak, Jasna ^a  

^a Sardenya Primary Health Care Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Clinical practice; General practice; Health promotion; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SMOKING;

EID: 20044362726     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.07.020     Document Type: Article

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