Asthma care practices in Chicago-area emergency departments

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 167S-173S

  McDermott, Michael F ^a   Grant, Evalyn N ^b   Turner Roan, Karen ^b   Li, Tao ^b   Weiss, Kevin B ^b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRST AID; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032859726     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.suppl_2.167s     Document Type: Article

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