Comparison of test characteristics of urine dipstick and urinalysis at various test cutoff points

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 505-512

  Lammers, Richard L ^a   Gibson, Scott ^a   Kovacs, Dave ^a   Sears, Wade ^a   Strachan, Gary ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSURIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0034759034     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.119427     Document Type: Article

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