Quantifying the scanty science of prehospital emergency care

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 785-790

  Callaham, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030735277     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70049-0     Document Type: Article

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