Reliability of subjective fever in triage of adult patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 693-695

  Buckley, R G ^a   Conine, M ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029893845     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70185-3     Document Type: Article

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