Chest wall syndrome among primary care patients: A cohort study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Verdon, François ^a   Burnand, Bernard ^b   Herzig, Lilli ^a   Junod, Michel ^a   Pécoud, Alain ^a   Favrat, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEST WALL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; THORAX PAIN; THORAX WALL DEFECT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; SYNDROME; THORAX WALL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; SYNDROME; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 36048929094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-51     Document Type: Article

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