Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in primary care: A questionnaire survey in western Sweden

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-31

  Thorn, Jörgen ^a,b   Norrhall, Maria ^a,b   Larsson, Ronny ^b   Curiac, Dan ^b   Axelsson, Gösta ^a   Ammon, Carina ^b   Månssona, Jörgen ^a,b   Brisman, Jonas ^a   Söderström, Anna Lena ^b   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Primary Health Care ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

COPD; Multidisciplinary approach; Practice nurses; Primary health care; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; SWEDEN;

CALIBRATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; SWEDEN;

EID: 40949090546     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2008.00008     Document Type: Article

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