Diagnosis and testing practices for adolescent pertussis among a national sample of primary care physicians

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 500-504

  Dempsey, Amanda F ^a   Cowan, Anne E ^a   Broder, Karen R ^b   Kretsinger, Katrina ^b   Stokley, Shannon ^b   Clark, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health services; Bordetella pertussis; Physician's practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDIATRICIAN; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHINORRHEA; SAMPLING; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; UNITED STATES; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 67349162532     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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