Physician concussion knowledge and the effect of mailing the CDCs "heads up" toolkit

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1031-1039

  Chrisman, Sara P ^a   Schiff, Melissa A ^a,b   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

brain concussion; knowledge; physicians; practice guidelines as topic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ADULT; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054828708     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922811410970     Document Type: Article

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