Air ambulances: Missions of mercy or flights of futility?

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9012, 1996, Pages 1348-1349

  Naylor, C D ^a   McLellan, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HELICOPTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030005019     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91006-5     Document Type: Article

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