Influence of the news media on diagnostic testing in the emergency department

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-260

  Sharma, Vidya ^a,b   Dowd, M Denise ^a   Swanson, Douglas S ^a   Slaughter, Andrew J ^b   Simon, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TELEVISION; TIME;

EID: 0037345498     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.3.257     Document Type: Article

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