Clinical decision rules for acute coronary syndromes: The specifics

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 895-

  Body, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS;

EID: 78649902070     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.098913     Document Type: Note

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