Touch screen computer health assessment in Australian general practice patients: A cross-sectional study protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yoong, Sze Lin ^a,b   Carey, Mariko Leanne ^a,b   Sanson Fisher, Robert William ^a,b   Russell, Grant ^c   Mazza, Danielle ^c   Makeham, Meredith ^d   Paul, Christine Louise ^a,b   Inder, Kerry Jane ^a   D'Este, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE DENSITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TOUCH SCREEN COMPUTER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION;

EID: 84864201600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001405     Document Type: Article

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