Patient self assessment of pregnancy status in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 554-557

  Strote, Jared ^a   Chen, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33748058117     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.031146     Document Type: Article

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