Risk factors leading to fatal outcome in scrub typhus patients

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 484-488

  Lee, Chang Seop ^a   Hwang, Jeong Hwan ^a   Lee, Heung Bum ^a   Kwon, Keun Sang ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 69249182563     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.484     Document Type: Article

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