Commentary: Lack of impact of guidelines on management of febrile children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-279

  Baraff, Larry J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Febrile children; Guidelines; Impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005618294     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199804000-00003     Document Type: Article

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