General practitioners and management of patients with respiratory diseases in a real life survey

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 293-298

  Santus, P ^a   Picciolo, S ^b   Proietto, A ^b   Falcone, F ^c   Mangiacavallo, A ^d   Marrocco, W ^e   Sereno, F ^f   Radovanovic, D ^a   Bassi, L ^a   Girbino, G ^b   Centanni, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Federazione Italiana Contro le Malattie Polmonari Sociali e la Tubercolosi FIMPST   (Italy)

^e Federazione Italiana Medici di Medicina Generale   (Italy)

^f Cinisello Balsamo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disease management; Primary health care; Respiratory disorders; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84871568461     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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