Acute upper respiratory infections in Western Australian emergency departments, 2000-2003

Australian Health Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 691-699

  Ingarfield, Sharyn L ^a   Celenza, Antonio ^a   Jacobs, Ian G ^a   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149234381     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH080691     Document Type: Article

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