Monthly variations in the diagnosis of carbon monoxide exposures in the emergency department

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Partrick, Matthew ^a   Fiesseler, Frederick ^a   Shih, Richard ^a   Riggs, Renee ^b   Hung, Oliver ^a  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449725144     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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