How to find evidence when you need it, part 4: Matching clinical questions to appropriate databases

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 136-149

  Wyer, Peter C ^b,e   Allen, Tracy Y ^a   Corrall, C James ^c,d  

^a A Long Hlth Sci Lib Columbia U ^*  (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c Children's Center at Mercy   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; TROPONIN I;

ALGORITHM; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDLINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0038693233     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.255     Document Type: Article

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