European Practice Assessment of Cardiovascular risk management (EPA Cardio): Protocol of an international observational study in primary care

Implementation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wensing, Michel ^a   Ludt, Sabine ^b   Campbell, Stephen ^c   Van Lieshout, Jan ^a   Volbracht, Eckhard ^d   Grol, Richard ^e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG   (Germany)

^e NONE

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EID: 58449118863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-3     Document Type: Article

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