Medical record reviews in emergency medicine: The blessing and the curse

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 452-455

  Lowenstein, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HYPOTHESIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; NOTE; STANDARD;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 17844401487     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.01.032     Document Type: Editorial

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