How do clinicians manage vaginal complaints? An internet survey

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Anderson, Matthew R ^a   Karasz, Alison ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER REVIEW; PH; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISEASE;

EID: 25144507049     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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