Primary care house staff attitudes toward osteoporosis management

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 461-466

  McNearney, Terry A ^a   Shepherd, Angela J ^a   Chhabra, Ajoy ^a   Goel, Niti ^a,b  

^a Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals Inc ^*

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

House staff; Osteoporosis; Residency; Socioeconomic; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33744481278     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000216495.79818.eb     Document Type: Article

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