Preventing vascular disease: Effective strategies for implementing guidelines in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 825-828

  Christl, Bettina ^a   Lloyd, Jane ^a   Krastev, Yordanka ^a   Litt, John ^b   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Practice guidelines as a topic; Vascular diseases prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84855943043     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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