Usefulness of primary care electronic networks to assess the incidence of chlamydia, diagnosed by general practitioners

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Suijkerbuijk, Anita Wm ^a   Van Den Broek, Ingrid Vf ^a   Brouwer, Henk J ^b   Vanrolleghem, Ann M ^c   Joosten, Johanna Hk ^d   Verheij, Robert A ^e   Van Der Sande, Marianne Ab ^a,f   Kretzschmar, Mirjam Ee ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960001464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-72     Document Type: Article

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