Hong Kong primary care morbidity survey 2007-2008

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-26

  Lo, Yvonne Y C ^g   Lam, Cindy L K ^g   Lam, Tai Pong ^a   Lee, Albert ^b   Lee, Ruby ^c   Chiu, Billy ^d   Tang, Joyce ^e   Chui, Billy ^f   Chao, David ^g   Lam, Augustine ^g   Chan, Kitty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Coll of Family Physicians   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service Hong Knog   (Hong Kong)

^f Evangel Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^g HA Kowloon East Cluster ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77952055190     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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