Screening for atrial fibrillation - A cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals in primary care

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Taggar, Jaspal S ^a   Coleman, Tim ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a   Jones, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SCREENING; WORKLOAD; CITY; EDUCATION; MASS SCREENING; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NURSES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84963700759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152086     Document Type: Review

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