Multimorbidity in non-communicable diseases in South African primary healthcare

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 134-138

  Lalkhen, H ^a   Mash, R ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMORBIDITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84928236487     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.8696     Document Type: Article

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