Observational studies of patients in the emergency department: A comparison of 4 sampling methods

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Valley, Morgan A ^a   Heard, Kennon J ^a,c   Ginde, Adit A ^a,b   Lezotte, Dennis C ^b   Lowenstein, Steven R ^a,b  

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

^b Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RACE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84864289807     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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