Epidemiology and aetiology of paediatric malpractice claims in France

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-130

  Najaf Zadeh, A ^a,b   Dubos, F ^a,c   Pruvost, I ^a,b   Bons Letouzey, C ^d   Amalberti, R ^d   Martinot, A ^a,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Epidemiology and Quality of Care ^*  (France)

^d Sou Médical Groupe MACSF   (France)

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Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; MENINGITIS; OTITIS; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS TORSION;

EID: 78651463929     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.189209     Document Type: Article

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