General practitioners' needs for ongoing support for the interpretation of spirometry tests

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-19

  Poels, Patrick J P ^a   Schermer, Tjard R J ^a   Akkermans, Reiner P ^a   Jacobs, Annelies ^a   van den Bogart Jansen, Margreet ^a   Bottema, Ben J A M ^a   van Weel, Chris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

COPD; Decision; Feedback; General practice; Spirometry; Support systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; SUPPORT GROUP; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 34247895794     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780601084193     Document Type: Article

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