Do influenza and acute respiratory infective diseases weigh heavily on general practitioners' daily practice?

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-36

  Sauro, Alfonso ^a   Barone, Filippo ^a   Blasio, Giuseppe ^a   Russo, Luigi ^a   Santillo, Luigi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; GP; Influenza; Influenza like illness; Work overload

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; BURNOUT; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; JOB STRESS; LARYNGITIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OTITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINITIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINUSITIS; TELECONSULTATION; TONSILLITIS; TRACHEITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WORKLOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33750487165     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780600757153     Document Type: Article

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