The NHS Health Checks programme: Implications for delivery in primary care

Diabetes and Primary Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-215

  Walker, Nicola ^a   Gardiner, Elizabeth ^a   Davies, Melanie ^b   Khunti, Kamlesh ^c  

^a Clinical Research Fellows   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nhs health check; Primary care; Vascular screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349705940     PISSN: 14668955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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