Moving towards a more integrated approach to chronic disease prevention in Australian general practice

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 112-119

  Harris, Mark F ^a   Laws, Rachel A ^a   Amoroso, Cheryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural risk factors; Chronic disease prevention; General practice; Lifestyle counselling

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149347625     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/py08043     Document Type: Article

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