Calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus: Emergency department testing yield

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 559-563

  Rose, William D ^a   Martin, Julia E ^a   Abraham, F Matthew ^a   Jackson, Rebecca L ^a   Williams, Janet M ^a   Gunel, Erdogan ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Electrolytes; Laboratory tests; Magnesium; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030921058     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03578.x     Document Type: Article

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