Accuracy of weight estimation by ED personnel [3]

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 915-916

  Sanchez, Leon D ^a   Imperato, Jason ^a   Delapena, Jennifer E ^a   Shapiro, Nathan ^a   Tian, Lu ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; LETTER; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SCALE UP; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 27744449414     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.07.002     Document Type: Letter

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