Chest radiograph screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 525-530

  Chan, Stewart Siu Wa ^a   Mak, Paulina Siu Kuen ^a   Kwok, Kuen Shing ^a   Po, Nin Chan ^a   Wing, Hung Ng ^a   Timothy, Hudson Rainer ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SCREENING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 22444445176     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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