Age limits and transition of health care in pediatric emergency medicine

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 294-297

  Dobson, Joseph V ^a,c   Bryce, Lisa ^a   Glaeser, Peter W ^b   Losek, Joseph D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Pediatric Emergency/Critical Care Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Age limits; Transition of health care

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PEDIATRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249053622     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000248701.87916.05     Document Type: Article

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