The Nordic Congresses of General Practice: A gateway to a global treasure?

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 196-198

  Sigurdsson, Johann A ^a   Stavdal, Anna ^b   Getz, Linn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Nordic Federation of General Practice GP   (Norway)

^c Organizing Committee of the Forthcoming Congress ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONGRESSES; DENMARK; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ICELAND; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 33751519403     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430601016910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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