Reporting new cases of anaemia in primary care settings in Crete, Greece: A rural practice study

Asia Pacific Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lionis, Christos ^a,b   Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K ^a,b   Duijker, George ^a   Anastasiou, Foteini ^b   Dimitrakopoulos, Stilianos ^b   Kladou, Christina ^c   Ladoukaki, Evanggelia ^b   Makri, Kornilia ^b   Petraki, Chrisoula ^b   Sivaropoulos, Nektarios ^c   Sasarolis, Spiridon ^c   Stefanaki, Anastasia ^d   Vasilaki, Aggeliki ^b   Vasilopoulos, Theodoros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Research based Network of General Practice in Crete   (Greece)

^c Spili Primary Health Care Centre   (Greece)

^d Charakas Primary Health Care Centre   (Greece)

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EID: 84863192114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1447056X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1447-056X-11-4     Document Type: Article

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