Life support courses: Are they effective?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 690-698

  Jabbour, M ^a   Osmond, M H ^a   Klassen, T P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROCLIMATE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029844953     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70095-1     Document Type: Article

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