Variation in plasma calcium analysis in primary care in Sweden-a multilevel analysis

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dalemo, Sofia ^a,b   Hjerpe, Per ^b,c   Ohlsson, Henrik ^c   Eggertsen, Robert ^a   Merlo, Juan ^c   Boström, Kristina Bengtsson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b RandD Centre Skaraborg Primary Care   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CALCIUM; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 77952724021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-43     Document Type: Article

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