Secondary care data may mislead

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7755, 2010, Pages 1048-

  Hamilton, William T ^a   Astin, Margaret P ^a   Griffin, Tom ^a   Neal, Richard D ^b   Rose, Peter W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOTE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77953950593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2503     Document Type: Letter

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