Questioning Dogma: Is This Test Needed?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1157-1158

  Dowd, M Denise ^a   Sharma, Vidya ^b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0345098592     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.12.1157     Document Type: Editorial

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