The homeless and the emergency department: A special relationship

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 651-652

  Fulde, Gordian W O ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LEG EDEMA; PNEUMONIA; RESUSCITATION; SCABIES; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHORT SURVEY; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0348038794     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05735.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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