Symptoms, signs, and tests: The general practitioner's comprehensive approach towards a cancer diagnosis

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 170-177

  Scheel, Benedicte Iversen ^a   Holtedahl, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Early detection of cancer; early diagnosis; family practice; general practice; neoplasms; Norway; pathological conditions; signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945471072     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2015.1067512     Document Type: Article

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