Testing for allergic disease: Parameters considered and test value

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Szeinbach, Sheryl L ^a   Harpe, Spencer E ^b   Williams, P Brock ^c   Elhefni, Hanaa ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 51349116920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-47     Document Type: Article

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