Don't overlook infectious diseases in ICD-9 chapters other than Chapter I [5]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 180-181

  Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CODING; CROHN DISEASE; DEATH; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LETTER; MORTALITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PARASITOSIS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PITYRIASIS ROSEA; PNEUMONIA; RHEUMATIC FEVER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 17144412577     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2004.06.013     Document Type: Letter

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