Transient ischaemic attack services in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1299, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Brownlee, Wallace J ^a   Fergus, Lucy ^a   Bennett, Patricia ^a   Gommans, John ^b   Fink, John ^c   Barber, P Alan ^a,d  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b HAWKE S BAY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; OUTPATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 68149166799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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