Sex differences in disease presentation in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 461-463

  Washington, Donna L ^a   Bird, Chloe E ^b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036827887     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.128859     Document Type: Article

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