No racial or ethnic disparity in treatment of long-bone fractures

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-274

  Bijur, Polly ^a   Bérard, Anick ^a   Nestor, Jordan ^a   Calderon, Yvette ^a   Davitt, Michelle ^a   Gallagher, E John ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALGESICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40749122439     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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