Alarm symptoms and identification of non-cancer diagnoses in primary care: Cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7719, 2009, Pages 491-493

  Jones, Roger ^a   Charlton, Judith ^a   Latinovic, Radoslav ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949103264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3094     Document Type: Article

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