The primary care differential diagnosis of inhalational anthrax

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 438-444

  Temte, Jonathan L ^a,b   Zinkel, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bioterrorism; Diagnosis, differential; Primary health care; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BRONCHITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INHALATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTHRAX; BIOTERRORISM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 7044246204     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.125     Document Type: Review

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