Evaluation of the physician's ability to recognize the presence or absence of anemia, fever, and jaundice

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-156

  Hung, Oliver L ^a   Kwon, Nancy S ^a   Cole, Alexandra E ^a   Dacpano, Geraldine R ^a   Wu, Tina ^a   Chiang, William K ^a   Goldfrank, Lewis R ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Fever; Jaundice; Physical examination; Physician evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033967908     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00518.x     Document Type: Article

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