The UK General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG): Its formation, development, and influence on the management of asthma and other respiratory diseases over the last twenty years

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 132-139

  Levy, Mark L ^a,b   Stephenson, Paul ^c   Barritt, Peter ^a,d   Bellamy, David ^a,e   Haughney, John ^a,f   Hilton, Sean ^a,g   Holmes, Steve ^a,h   Jones, Kevin ^a,i   Neville, Ron ^a,j   Price, David ^a,f   Ryan, Dermot ^a,k   Smith, Anne ^a  

^a GPIAG ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Christmas Maltings and Clements Practice   (United Kingdom)

^d Beeches Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^e James Fisher Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h Park Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Oxford Terrace Medical Group   (United Kingdom)

^j Westgate Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^k Woodbrook Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Asthma; GPIAG; NRTC; Organisation of care; Respiratory disease; Special interest groups; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 34250029828     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2007.00042     Document Type: Review

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