Noncompliance with scheduled revisits to a pediatric emergency department

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 948-953

  Scarfone, Richard J ^a   Joffe, Mark D ^a   Wiley II, James F ^a   Loiselle, John M ^a   Cook, Richard T ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029786720     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170340062012     Document Type: Article

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