Self diagnosis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7739, 2010, Pages 204-

  Goyder, Clare ^a   McPherson, Ann ^b   Glasziou, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Oxford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; EPIPHORA; EYE PAIN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 76249093075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4418     Document Type: Article

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