Skull radiograph interpretation of children younger than two years: How good are pediatric emergency physicians?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 718-722

  Chung, Sarita ^a,b   Schamban, Neil ^c   Wypij, David ^a,d   Cleveland, Robert ^b   Schutzman, Sara A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WATERBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 2542514829     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.09.020     Document Type: Article

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