Personal digital assistant infectious diseases applications for health care professionals

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1018-1029

  Miller, Susan M ^a,b   Beattie, M M ^a,b   Butt, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROCOMPUTER; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 0037445551     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368198     Document Type: Article

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