Iron deficiency anaemia in general practice: Clinical outcomes over three years and factors influencing diagnostics investigations

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 945, 2004, Pages 405-410

  Yates, J M ^a   Logan, E C M ^a   Stewart, R M ^b  

^a KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242712120     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.015677     Document Type: Article

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