Measuring the burden of herpes zoster and post herpetic neuralgia within primary care in rural Crete, Greece

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lionis, Christos D ^a   Vardavas, Constantine I ^a,b   Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K ^a   Papadakaki, Maria G ^a   Anastasiou, Foteini S ^c   Antonopoulou, Maria D ^d   Apostolakis, Charalampos M ^e   Dimitrakopoulos, Stelios A ^f   Fountakis, George I ^g   Grammatikopoulos, Ilias A ^h   Komninos, John D ⁱ   Kounalakis, Dimitris K ^j   Ladoukaki, Eva S ^c   Makri, Kornilia V ^k   Petraki, Chrysa S ^l   Ploumis, Nikos G ^m   Prokopiadou, Dimitra P ⁿ   Stefanaki, Ioanna N ^o   Tsakountakis, Nikos A ^e   Tsiligianni, Ioanna G ^p   Tzortzis, Emmanouil N ^m   Vasilaki, Aggeliki A ^k   Vasilopoulos, Theodoros K ^f   Vrentzos, George E ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Primary Care Practice of Pirgos   (Greece)

^d Health Center of Spili   (Greece)

^e Primary Care Practice of Mallia   (Greece)

^f Health Center of Agia Varvara   (Greece)

^g Primary Care Practice of Skinia   (Greece)

^h ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

ⁱ Primary Care Practice of Vraxasi   (Greece)

^j Health Center of Anogeia   (Greece)

^k Primary Care Practice of Episkopi   (Greece)

^l Primary Care Practice of Zoniana   (Greece)

^m Primary Care Practice of Hersonisos   (Greece)

ⁿ Primary Care Practice of Peza   (Greece)

^o Primary Care Practice of Ebaros   (Greece)

^p Primary Care Practice of Asites   (Greece)

^q Primary Care Practice of Moxos   (Greece)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COST OF ILLNESS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 82655170850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-136     Document Type: Article

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