The identification of high risk asthmatic children using the emergency department asthma visit count

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 953-956

  Taylor, Brett W ^a  

^a Emergency Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Computer database; emergency department

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTHMA; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032729253     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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