Anxiety in parents of young febrile children in a pediatric emergency department: Why is it elevated?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 219-226

  Parkinson, Gregory W ^a,c   Gordon, Kevin E ^b   Camfield, Carol S ^b   Fitzpatrick, Eleanor A ^b  

^a Falmouth Pediatric Associates   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c 2 Bramblebush Park ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEAR; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL AGE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032939075     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903800403     Document Type: Article

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