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Frequent use of primary health care service in Greenland: an opportunity for undiagnosed disease case-finding

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the age- and gender-specific consultation rates of patients who availed primary health care service in Greenland and to analyse contact patterns among patients in Nuuk. DESIGN: Observational and cross-sectional register study using data captured from the medical records. MATE...

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Autores principales:	Pedersen, Michael Lynge, Rolskov, Anne, Jacobsen, Jytte Lindskov, Lynge, Anna Rask
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Co-Action Publishing 2012
Materias:	Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22868190 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18431

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