Does general practice Google?

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 471-474

  Sim, Moira G ^a   Khong, Eric ^a   Jiwa, Moyez ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 51449093363     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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