Prevalence of occult anemia in an urban pediatric emergency department: What is our response?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-315

  Kristinsson, George ^a   Shtivelman, Sarit ^b   Hom, Jeffrey ^a   Tunik, Michael G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; public health; uninsured

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT ANEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859632671     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31824d8a2f     Document Type: Article

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