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Clinical Trial

. 1999 Nov 27;319(7222):1408.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1408.

Overnight calls in primary care: randomised controlled trial of management using nurse telephone consultation

F Thompson¹, S George, V Lattimer, H Smith, M Moore, J Turnbull, M Mullee, E Thomas, H Bond, A Glasper

Affiliations

PMID: 10574857
PMCID: PMC28285
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1408

Clinical Trial

Overnight calls in primary care: randomised controlled trial of management using nurse telephone consultation

F Thompson et al. BMJ. 1999.

. 1999 Nov 27;319(7222):1408.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1408.

Authors

F Thompson¹, S George, V Lattimer, H Smith, M Moore, J Turnbull, M Mullee, E Thomas, H Bond, A Glasper

Affiliation

¹ Health Care Research Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD.

PMID: 10574857
PMCID: PMC28285
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1408

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