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Booklet for Childhood Fever in Out-of-Hours Primary Care: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Eefje G. P. M. de Bont, Geert-Jan Dinant, Gijs Elshout, Gijs van Well, Nick A. Francis, Bjorn Winkens and Jochen W. L. Cals
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2018, 16 (4) 314-321; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2265
Eefje G. P. M. de Bont
1Department of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Geert-Jan Dinant
1Department of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Gijs Elshout
2Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Gijs van Well
3Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Nick A. Francis
4Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Bjorn Winkens
5Department of Methodology and Statistics, Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Jochen W. L. Cals
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vol. 16 no. 4 314-321
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2265
PubMed 
29987079

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication November 3, 2017
  • Revision received March 27, 2018
  • Accepted for publication April 30, 2018
  • Published online July 9, 2018.

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  1. Eefje G. P. M. de Bont, MD, MSc1⇑,
  2. Geert-Jan Dinant, MD, PhD1,
  3. Gijs Elshout, MD, PhD2,
  4. Gijs van Well, MD, PhD3,
  5. Nick A. Francis, MD, PhD4,
  6. Bjorn Winkens, PhD5 and
  7. Jochen W. L. Cals, MD, PhD1
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  2. 2Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  3. 3Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands
  4. 4Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
  5. 5Department of Methodology and Statistics, Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Eefje G. P. M. de Bont, MD, MSc, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands, eefje.debont{at}maastrichtuniversity.nl

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