Prevalence of zebras in general practice: Data from the Continuous Morbidity Registration Nijmegen

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 44-46

  van de Laar, Floris A ^a   Bor, Hans ^a   van de Lisdonk, Eloy H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family practice; Incidence; Prevalence; Rare diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRATION;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 55049089102     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780802436176     Document Type: Article

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