Preventive health pamphlets in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 691-694

  Berger, Paulo ^a   Luskin, Mike ^b   Krishel, Scott ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammogram; Pamphlets; Pap smear; Pneumococcal vaccination; Preventive medicine

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 17344391427     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00079-1     Document Type: Article

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