Delay in diagnosis of lung cancer in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 532, 2006, Pages 863-868

  Bjerager, Marianne ^a   Palshof, Torben ^a   Dahl, Ronald ^a   Vedsted, Peter ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; Family practice; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747047088     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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