Accuracy of general practitioners’ readings of ECG in primary care

• Authors: Paulo Santos , Paulo Pessanha , Manuel Viana , Manuel Campelo , José Nunes , Alberto Hespanhol , Filipe Macedo , Luciana Couto
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Keywords

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Cardiovascular Disorders / Hypertension / DVT / Atherosclerosis; Continuing Medical Education; Diagnostic Tests; Graduate Medical Education / Fellowship Training; Physician Competency Primary Care; Quality of Care; Measurement/ Psychometric Analyses; Observational Research

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 431-436

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2014

online

8 - 7 - 2014

Contributors

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Paulo Santos

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Paulo Pessanha

• Department of Social Sciences and Health, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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Manuel Viana

• Department of Social Sciences and Health, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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Manuel Campelo

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José Nunes

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Alberto Hespanhol

• Department of Social Sciences and Health, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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Filipe Macedo

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Luciana Couto

• Department of Social Sciences and Health, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-013-0288-9