A prospective study of 2,092 "curbside" questions asked of two infectious disease consultants in private practice in the midwest

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 303-307

  Manian, Farrin A ^a   McKinsey, David S ^b  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONSULTANTS; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0030020354     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.303     Document Type: Article

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