Influenza rapid diagnostic tests: are they beneficial in the pediatric emergency department or in ambulatory pediatrics?;Les tests de diagnostic rapide de la grippe : quel intérêt aux urgences et en pédiatrie de ville ?

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 532-533

  de La Rocque, F ^a   Thollot, F ^b   Touitou, R ^a   Cohen, R ^c  

^a Association clinique et therapeutique infantile du Val de Marne ACTIV   (France)

^b AFPA Association Francaise de Pediatrie Ambulatoire   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Bedside testing; Child; Influenza

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; CHILD; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL;

EID: 34249331612     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2007.02.037     Document Type: Article

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