Care pathways in early rheumatoid arthritis

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Bernatsky, Sasha ^a,g   Feldman, Debbie ^b   Shrier, Ian ^c   Toupin, Karine ^h   Haggerty, Jeannie ^d   Tousignant, Pierre ^e   Zummer, Michel ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33845475186     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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