Health problems presented to family practices in the Netherlands 1 year before and 1 year after a disaster

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 548-556

  Soeteman, Rik J H ^a   Yzermans, C Joris ^a   Kerssens, Jan J ^a   Dirkzwager, Anja J E ^a   Donker, Ge A ^a   Ten Veen, Petra M H ^a   Van Den Bosch, Wil J H M ^b   Van Der Zee, Jouke ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISASTER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXPLOSIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MENTAL DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37549008738     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.06.060067     Document Type: Article

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