Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: Evidence-Based Diagnostic Testing

American Family Physician

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 599-600

  Ebell, Mark H ^a,b  

^a Michigan State Univ Coll Hum Med ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; SHORT SURVEY;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0842348930     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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