Which information resources are used by general practitioners for updating knowledge regarding diabetes?

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 223-227

  Tabatabaei Malazy, Ozra ^a,b   Nedjat, Sahamaz ^b,c   Majdzadeh, Reza ^b,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Behavior of general practitioners; Information resources; Knowledge translationas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOOK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION; PEER GROUP; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERNET; IRAN; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE BOOKS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84862261495     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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