The Victorian hepatitis C education program for GPs: An evaluation

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 749-752

  Julie Wang, Yung Hsuan ^a   Guy, Rebecca ^a   Hellard, Margaret ^a  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 74049154194     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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