Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Helsinki: Utstein style reporting

Heart

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-23

  Kuisma, M ^a   Maatta T ^a  

^a Department of Health   (Finland)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; out of hospital resuscitation; survival; Utstein style

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0029794838     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.76.1.18     Document Type: Article

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