Ethnicity and proficiency in English as factors affecting community cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) class attendance

Resuscitation

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-103

  Flabouris, Arthas ^a  

^a St John Ambulance Australia Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community cardiopulmonary resuscitation skill acquisition; Ethnicity; Poor proficiency in English

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SKILL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030248615     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9572(96)00942-2     Document Type: Article

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