What do paediatricians think of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 412-418

  He, Suwen ^a   Zurynski, Yvonne A ^a,b   Elliott, Elizabeth J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

child health clinicians; evaluation; rare diseases; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 77954806943     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01755.x     Document Type: Article

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